HP 400M401N

[Kenneth Brody]

On 10/16/2013 12:54 PM, Jean-Pierre A. Radley wrote:
> A client running filePro on OSR 6 had one of its printers die.
> An Hp LaserJet 400M401N is now on order.  In an HP spec sheet, I see
> it supports this set pf printer languages:
>
>     PCL 5e, PCL6, Postscript Level 3 emulation, directPDF(v1.7) printing.
>
> I think that PCL 5e should accept the filePro's pcl3 output, yes?

My understanding is that PCL 5e is a superset of PCL 5, so it should take 
either PCL3 or 5 output.

[...]
> But I'm a tad concerned about that word 'emulation' attached to the
> listing of Postscript,

It's probably not a licensed Postscript processor from Adode, and as such 
only "emulates" Postscript.

> and why does HP specify 'directPDF'(one word
> just as I've given it) instead of just PDF?

Typo?  This page has the space:

 
http://www.shopping.hp.com/en_US/home-office/-/products/Printers/HP-LaserJet/CZ195A

>> HP PCL 5e, HP PCL 6, HP Postscript Level 3 emulation, direct PDF (v 1.7) printing


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Kenneth Brody