Re: Need advice re a new laser printer

[Caballero Carlo.Caballero@xxxxxxxx]

This also comes as news to me. I have an HP I bought in October, and it
works with both XY3 and XY4. I'll check on the version of PCL the printer
uses and post it to the list as a reference point. It can't be too far
back, since the printer was manufactured in 2003.

Carlo Caballero

 On Tue, 13 Apr 2004, Robert Holmgren wrote:

> ** Reply to message from "Fredric Gross"  on Tue, 13
> Apr 2004 10:38:25 -0400
>
>
> > the key is the manufacturer's version of PCL
> > emulation. The more recent PCL versions are
> > not backwards compatible...
>
> What! Is that true?
>
> > PagePro ... PCL emulation was too high...
>
> Well that's real news. What's the breakpoint, what version
> is too high? That must apply to Xy4 also, yes? Hmmm.
> Modern HP printers with PCL seem to work fine -- and the
> PCL language "belongs" to HP (just as PS "belongs" to Adobe,
> therefore they set the standard).
>
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> Robert Holmgren
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