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Re: OT: laser printer: HL-5250DN or another one?



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On 10/23/07 17:53, Russell L. Harris wrote:
> * H.S. <hs.samix@gmail.com> [071023 17:07]:
>> If I under the specs of the above two printer properly, both are
>> postscript printers:
>> 2070N:  PCL6, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX
>> 5250DN: PCL6, BR-Script3, IBM Proprinter, Epson FX
>>
>> and these are the ports that they have:
>> 2070N:  10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, Parallel, USB
>> 5250DN: 10/100 Base-TX Ethernet, Parallel, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
>>
>> I was actually looking just for the 10/100 ethernet ports to connect the
>> printer to a switch on the little office network that we have there. How
>> does this relate to HP JetDirect ethernet interface? And, er, what is HP
>> JetDirect and wouldn't it exist only in HP printers?
>>
>> thanks,
>> ->HS
> 
> Forgive me; I misread your letter.
> 
> The specifications you cite above do NOT indicate Postscript
> capability; look for the term "Postscript".  Postscript is a universal
> printer control language which is a much-preferred alternative to
> proprietary languages such as PCL6, etc.
> 
> In general, text output in Linux is Postscript by default; numerous
> other printer control languages are accommodated, but sometimes the
> process of accomodation becomes rather involved, and doesn't always
> work quite right.
> 
> HP JetDirect is the generic name which HP uses for its ethernet
> interface, which typically is a plug-in module which can vary from one
> printer model to the next.
> 
> My point (which I did not make very well) was that a printer with
> Postscript capability and a built-in ethernet interface typically is
> well worth the price, because of the time savings which accumulate
> over the years.  Configuring Linux for a non-Postscript printer and
> making a parallel- or usb-interface printer available to other
> machines on the LAN can be very expensive, if your time is worth
> anything.

While having a PS interpreter built into the printer is nice, it is
*not* vital.  The ghostscript interpreter will convert PS to PCL
without blinking an eye.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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