Printer-PCL Compatibility

[Bill Campbell]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2015, Chris Sellitto wrote:
>Bob,

>I forgot to mention that when I print the same exact reports to an HP
>LaserJet printer, in house, it prints fine every time.

You didn't say what OS you're using.

I have this HP 100 printer that I use primarily to print bridge
convention cards when I'm out of town using a Macbook Pro.

I've found that I have been able to print to CUPS printers from
my Linux boxes where I have PCL output by using the ghostpdl
software to convert PCL to PDF, then sending this to the printer
using the normal CUPS routines.

I do cheat a bit though as I copy the printer's PPD file from my
Mac to the Linux box.  I've done this recently with a Ricoh
Aficio color laser and an Epson Workforce 3640 with excellent
results.  I'll have to give it a try on the HP 100.

>Thank you
>Chris
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Rasmussen [mailto:ras at anzio.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 12:17 PM
>> [...]
>> If the printouts are generally correct, then the issue is probably NOT
>> incompatibility of language. Based on your description of the behavior,
>> I'd say that the issue is in the number of lines per page that the
>> printer can print, at the specified linespacing. Linespacing is referred
>> to as Vertical Motion Index (VMI) in PCL-speak. It's set by the command
>>     <esc>&l#C
>> where "#" represents a number. Try reducing that number in the printcode
>> table.
>> 
>> (Yes, I know this answer assumes a certain basic knowledge of PCL
>> syntax.)
>> 
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Chris Sellitto wrote:
>> 
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > FilePro® 5.0.13
>> > Windows 7/8
>> >
>> > We have field reps that use the HP OfficeJet 100 Mobile printer.  They
>> have been experiencing alignment issues with a few of their
>> reports/forms.  If a report contains a lot of records (several hundred),
>> it will gradually go out of alignment, where the headers start lower on
>> each subsequent page.  Sometimes it will even start the report over
>> after printing a couple of pages.  We have our printers defined as
>> follows.
>> >
>> >                   ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>> >                   ??? P R I N T E R   M A I N T E N A N C E ???
>> >                   ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>> >
>> >
>> >     --Name--  --Type--  --Destination File---  ------------Comment----
>> --------
>> >   1         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> >   2         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> > *  3 hplaser4??? hplaser4??? win:hpdeskjet        ???
>> ???
>> >   4 hp-500  ??? hp-500  ??? win:hpdeskjet        ??? For 222 Forms
>> ???
>> >   5         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> >   6         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> >   7         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> >   8         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> >   9         ???         ???                      ???
>> ???
>> >
>> > The output formats are defined with the hplaser4, and hp-500 where
>> applicable.  The 222 Form is a preprinted document that has not changed
>> its format for over 10 years.
>> >
>> > We used to use the hp-500 printers (many years ago without issue), and
>> since the personnel had changed for ordering equipment, they started
>> ordering the OfficeJet 100 Mobile printer without our knowledge. This is
>> when our issues started.  I notice that on HP's web page, the 100 Mobile
>> uses HP PCL 3 GUI.  My question is, is filePro® compatible with the HP
>> PCL 3 GUI version of the printer control language?  If not, does anyone
>> know of a good, reliable mobile printer, available now that plays nice
>> with filePro®?
>> >
>> > I hope I have included enough information.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance
>> > Chris Sellitto
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