New printer prints blank pages

[scooter6 at gmail.com]

So a GDI printer, while it can print a test page in Linux via CUPS, filePro
is not able to send data to this type of printer successfully I assume is
what you're saying?


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 11:12 AM, Bob Rasmussen via Filepro-list <
filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 17 May 2017, Henry Melancon via Filepro-list wrote:
>
> I often wondered why my HP Laser Jet 5550 and 8000 have "PCL6" in their
>> descriptions shown in the Windows Print information of my computer.  They
>> both, of course, print to FilePro just fine.
>>
>
> It's because what you see in the Windows description is the printer
> language that the Windows printer driver OUTPUTS. It may be one of several
> languages that the printer supports, which is why there are often multiple
> drivers available for the same printer.
>
> Note that filePro uses the driver at a very low level, transparently, so
> the driver's output language is irrelevant. What's important is what the
> printer can understand.
>
>
> Henry W. Melancon
>> Documentation Supervisor
>> Quality Control
>> Gulf Island LLC
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+hemelancon=
>> gifinc.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Jim Asman via Filepro-list
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 9:48 AM
>> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subject: Re: New printer prints blank pages
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------- Original Message ---------------
>> At 10:31A Wed May 17 2017, Bill Randall wrote:
>>
>> Unless Jim knows something we don't,  PCL6 will not work directly with
>>>
>> filePro
>>
>> Correct. PCL6 is "compiled" not interpreted like PCL5.
>>
>>
>>> This is from our website and manuals.
>>>
>>> Printers specs must support one of the following...
>>>
>>> PCL-3
>>> PCL-5
>>> PCL-5c
>>> PCL-5d
>>> PCL-5e
>>>
>>> ...to work with filePro directly.
>>>
>>>
>> Add PCL3+
>>
>> Delete PCL5d     No such animal AFAIK
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim
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