Host Based HP-PCL 5 Printing

[Brian K. White]

No it's not doing what you think, and no what it is doing is not new.
Note the comma as Ken said.

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bkw

On 4/18/2012 1:23 PM, smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net wrote:
> I guess what I was trying to say is,  for the first time (that I know of)
> Windows is using a Universal  PCL 5 driver instead of it being built into
> the Printer.   That is  NEW behavior is it not ?
>
> Wayne Smith
> Port Orange, Florida
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:58 PM
> To: smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Host Based HP-PCL 5 Printing
>
> On 4/18/2012 12:48 PM, smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net wrote:
>> I just installed a NEW HP Laser Jet P1606dn Workgroup printer,  in the
>> specs. all the client saw was PCL 5  so he bought it (I had him trained
>> over
>> the years) ....he did not see the “Host Based” in the same specs.  I
>> installed the printer on his (Windows 7) network and the Windows HP PCL 5
>> Universal Driver that came on the Install CD and now it works like a champ
>> with filePro 5.0 !!!
>>
>> Times are a changing ......
>
> I've never heard of "host based PCL" before, and it sounds like an oxymoron
> to me.
>
> However, according to the specs, the print languages it supports are:
>
>           Host-based printing, HP PCL 5e
>
> Note the comma.
>