HP 400M401N

[Jean-Pierre A. Radley]

Kenneth Brody propounded (on Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 01:22:33PM -0400):
| 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.

That's what I'd always heard, but had never had to put it to the test.

| 
| [...]
| > 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

Ah, the PDF info sheet I downloaded was in really small print; I blew it
up a few score percent and now see the space.

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