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From: dbasinge@ucs.indiana.edu (D. Michael Basinger)
Subject: HP Laserjet IV Printer Drivers for WP and Win 3.1
Organization: Indiana University
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:35:52 GMT

I was wondering when printer driver for the HP Laserjet IV are 
going to be released for WordPerfect 5.1, Havard Graphics, and
Windows 3.1. 


Mike
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From: "charles chao" <charles.chao@channel1.com>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: help, mac printer
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:50:44 EST
Reply-To: "charles chao" <charles.chao@channel1.com>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Channel 1 Communications


Hi everyone,

Hopefully this is the right place for this, I checked the Mac groups
but none of them seem to talk about printers. I'm asking this for a
friend. He recently wrote a demo program using HyperCard. The store
he wrote the program for wants him to attach a small printer to the
Mac he will be installing the program on. He has found a printer made
specifically for his use. The printer resembles those printers found
in cash registers at department stores. The printer vendor says these
printers were designed for PC's. He [my friend] wants to connect it
to a Mac LCII. The printer vendor suggested posting to a BBS for help.
To make a short story long :^), this is why I'm posting this.

Can anyone offer ideas how to accomplish this? My friend and I know 
practically nothing about Mac's so please don't assume we know anything
(ie. explain it so even I will understand). Obviously it will be hard
to get an exact answer to this but since we don't know much we don't even
know where to begin. So if someone can offer educated guesses or good
practical experiences that would be just fine. Here some things we have
thought off.

1. Printer has Centronics interface, so an adapter is necessary I'm
   assuming this is readily available.
2. A device driver is necessary, are there any generic device drivers
   that will work?
3. The paper needs to be cut, so control characters needs to be sent.
   Are there any tables that define the control characters available?
4. Underline and bold needs to be printed.

Please add anything else we should consider.

BTW the Mac is running system 7 if it matters.

Thanks in advance,
Chuck                                (charles.chao@channel1.com)
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Subject: Printing to LaserJet IIIsi from SUN
From: enisaxg@state.systems.sa.gov.au
Date: 11 Nov 92 17:14:53 ACST
Organization: State Systems, South Australia

Problem -

We run an HP LaserJet IIIsi with an Ethernet interface, so that the printer
sits nicely as a full TCP/IP node on the net.

It works fine off the HP 847S and 700 series hosts we have, as there is
host-resident software for controlling the printer via "lp" models on these
machines.
Using the models, the printer can switch between PCL5 and Postscript; it can
even do two-sided (duplex) printing on command (we bought that option).

We also have some host-resident LaserJet IIIsi software for our SUNs running
SUNOS 4.1.2, but it seems very limited - using printcap and the supplied 
(but very meagre) setup instructions, we can get the SUNs to print Courier 10.
(But then again, almost anything can print this - "It's the single most popular
font in the World!" to paraphrase Monty Python).

What we *can't* do is get the SUN to print LJ IIIsi Postscript and/or duplex.
Looking at the shell scripts resident on the HPs, it's clear that it's just a
matter of setting up the right strings to send to the printer. However, the HP
script has oodles of options and is *very long*.

My question: has anyone (eg HP) produced and input and/or output filter for the
LJ IIIsi for Berkeley systems such as the SUNs? If so where can I get a copy!
HP have been of limited help in this regard ...

Thanking respondents in advance ...

Alex Gunjko
Systems Manager
Office of Planning and Urban Development
South Australia

gunjkoa@dep.sa.gov.au	EMAIL

61-8-207-2054		Phone
61-8-207-2298		FAX
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Allen J Michielsen)
Subject: Re: How to expand HP Laserjet Plus Memory?
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 92 20:14:06 EST

In article <BxBDoM.5HB@fc.hp.com> rjn@FC.HP.COM writes:
>Mark Simms (mark@hpcpbla.bri.hp.com) wrote:
>> There once was an upgrade to 2Mbytes of RAM.  This required replacing
>> the whole formatter board.  Not a trivial job, ....

>The upgrade kit was prodiuct 26054A, and its price was $2500 (US).  ...

   One or more of the Electronics/Hobbiest Magazines had a project to
make a add-on HP memory upgrade.  I don't have a clue, if it was
Radio Electronics, or Hobby Electronics, or HAM Hobby world (or something),
but it would be in a Guide to Periodical Lit..  I think I used a on-line
service and found it myself that way, a ways back.
   I don't know it is a rip-off / copy of the HP product or what.  I do
remember it was specific to -pre- HP IIP / III printers, and I dropped 
interest just as soon as a reliable source told me it wouldn't work because
the new systems were so different from the older systems.
   I seem to think it was a clip on or solder on system where you built it,
clipped or soldered it to a existing board (the formatter board ??), and
then probably clipped some motherboard jumpers or traces or something...
   I don't want to get your hope too high, but the truth is that your old
printer prints just as good as any new cheap printer will, assuming you are
using something like windows as a driver.  The old systems, had cpu's and
motherboards that were slow enough that homemade, wirewrap add-ons can
work just fine.  The print times are a bit slow, but hey, the price of
new ones are dropping every day.  Besides, I'd drop $ 50 to $ 100 in a
heartbeat for this, and then spend $ 300 - $ 400 on a HP DeskJet.  It
will fill the bill between cheap output and nearly laser quality for a long
long time.




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From: salmon@cfht.hawaii.edu (Derrick Salmon)
Subject: Fonts for QMS Lasergrafix 800 C - also TeX DVI driver
Keywords: QMS
Organization: University of Hawaii
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 06:11:13 GMT


I am looking for fonts which can be downloaded into an 
older QMS Lasergrafix 800 C laser printer - era 1986.  I
an using the printer with a DOS machine.  Am also looking 
for an ACAD 11 printer-plotter driver for this printer 
( yeah - I know - good luck on this count )
Does anyone know where either might be found ?

Am also looking for a DVI driver for TeX - preferrably in 
the public domain, but directions to a vendor would also
be appreciated.

Derrick Salmon
salmon@cfth.hawaii.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jhays@boi.hp.com (John_D. Hays)
Subject: Re: HP Laserjet IV Printer Drivers for WP and Win 3.1
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:02:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett Packard - Boise Printer Division

The Windows 3.1 driver is on cica ...
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From: rg9538@ehsn2.cen.uiuc.edu (Ronald E Garnett)
Subject: Re: (If already posted, so sorry) - Looking for IBM4029 printer driver
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 05:34:26 GMT
Keywords: IBM4029 Printer

weon@kum.kaist.ac.kr (Won TaeWhan (Media)) writes:

>Hi there.

>If this-like post were to be presented before, I am so sorry.

>We newly purchased IBM4029 printer.
>We want to use it in postscript mode on Microsoft Windows 3.0 on Netware 
>environment.  
>Unfortunately we could not find an appropriate printer driver 
>with archie service.
>I will be very approciated if you let me know where I can find it.

>Thanks in advance.

I've never used that particular configuration, but have used Windows
3.0 with a 4029 in all modes on an OS/2 Lan Manager Server.  I know
that the 4029 was tested extensively with Novell, but don't know
much about the Novell and Windows.

Lexmark(maker of the 4029) has an excellent customer support system
department.  I don't have the number readily available, but it should have 
been included with your documentation.  They also have a BBS which tech
support people monitor.  That number is 1-606-232-5653/5238.


Good luck!

Ron Garnett
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From: hue@island.COM (Pond Scum)
Subject: Re: color laser printers
Organization: Island Graphics Corp.
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 23:16:05 GMT

>>Can someone recommend a color laser printer, if one exists?

I didn't see see the original article, but the two followup articles I saw
didn't mention color laser printers at all.  Ink jet and thermal transfer
printers are *not* laser printers.

The most common color laser printer I know of is the Canon CLC 500 (we have
one).  It is really a copy machine, to use it as a printer you need to
buy a PostScript RIP for it.  The Canon PS-IPU (~$17,000) is cheaper than the
Efi Fiery (~$35,000), but does not use all the capabilities of the copier
marking engine.  Instead of using the copiers ability to simulate continuous
tone at 400dpi, it does sort of a clustered dot dither (I would *not* call
what it does halftoning).  The Fiery also has an Ethernet connection whereas
the the PS-IPU has a Localtalk connection.

The following color copiers are supported by the Fiery:

Canon CLC 1
Canon CLC 300
Canon CLC 500
Kodak ColorEdge 1525
Kodak ColorEdge 1550
Xerox 5775 Digital Color Copier/Printer
Agfa XC305

That's probably a good starting list for color laser printers.  A CLC 500
plus a Fiery is probably 8x the cost of a Tek Phaser IISD, but if cost is
no object, I'd get the CLC500 and a Fiery.

-Jonathan		hue@island.COM

Disclaimer: These are my opinions only, not those of Island Graphics.
From: macllstr@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Laserjet 4
Date: 10 Nov 92 08:38:44 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

We have a Laserjet IV and it works just fine. It's running in PCL mode at the
 moment (600 dpi) but will have PostScript later.

John
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From: cardanichade@bvc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Panasonic Laser HELP NEEDED
Date: 4 Nov 92 20:42:13 CDT
Organization: Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, IA

I have a Panasonic KXP-4420 Laser Printer...it starts printing about 1 inch 
below the top margin on the first 10 sheets...so the print runs off the 
page.  On about the 11th copy, it works great.

Any ideas?

Please e-mail to cardanichade@bvc.edu if possible

Thanx

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: steveskr@milton.u.washington.edu (Steve Skrzyniarz)
Subject: HP Laserjet 4 Win 3.1 drivers?
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 09:31:31 GMT

I just purchased a new HP Laserjet 4 printer today and, although the dealer
assured me they were, there were no Windows 3.1 drivers included in the
box (just Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS, Word Perfect for DOS, and Novell drivers).
After calling HP's 1-800 support line, a prerecorded voice told me that I
could obtain these drivers by one of three methods:

1) Compuserve (I don't have an account)
2) mailing in my registration card (I don't want to wait weeks or months)
3) if I am a dealer, I can call their BBS (I'm not)

Can someone download these drivers from Compuserve and put them on cica? I'd
be forever grateful...

Steve
From: duncan@loris.cisab.indiana.edu (Shan Duncan)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP LaserJet 4 and JetDirect - Pc and Macs
Date: 7 Nov 92 19:10:58 GMT
Organization: Indiana University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4


   If one buys the LaserJet 4M (w/ appletalk, postscript and 6Megs) with the
     JetDirect Card can one print from both pc's and macs over an ethernet
        10baseT network?  I was told by our dealer that that this
       combination would work well for macs on ethertalk but they were
       not sure if BOTH pc's and macs could share this printer at the
       same time We are using a lpr tsr on the pc's at the moment and
       sending jobs to a unix workstation.   



      Thank you for any information


-Shan
From: cldavi01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Subject: IBM PC/AT - HP Laserjet III Problems
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 19:10:46 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville


Need some assistance...
I have just purchased an HP Laserjet IIIP for use with my IBM compatible
(supposedly) PC/AT.  The problem is, try as I may, I cannot get a "screen
print" (by pressing shift-printscreen).  
	Actually, I do get a text screen print, but following the print pages
and pages of "escape" sequences are printed, with no apparent end (I turn
the printer off to stop it).  When I try to print screen with graphics on the
screen I get a page of excape characters, followed by another set of pages
and pages of escape characters.  I have remembered the GRAPHICS command,
prior to attempting to print screen.
	Some background info'.  My PC is actually an ITT XTRA Professional
Series (AT compatible), 10 MHz 286 (I think), with 1.4MB memory and a 40 MB
hard disk.  Prior to purchasing the HP laser jet IIIp I had an IBM proprinter
which did printscreens perfectly well.
	If anyone out there has any ideas, please reply directly to me, as I
am only an occasional NETNEWS reader.  Thanks.
From: davidh8@pogo.wv.tek.com (David Haight)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: color laser printers
Date: 10 Nov 92 21:54:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: pogo.13911
Reply-To: davidh8@pogo.wv.tek.com
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville,  OR.

In article <1992Nov10.141335.22968@research.nj.nec.com> brad@research.nj.nec.com (Brad Gianulis) writes:
>In article <BxGrt5.2E3@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca> tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones) writes:
>>>Can someone recommend a color laser printer, if one exists?
>>
>>Well, I can't recommend one from experience but there are many that exist.
>>Canon makes color laser printers, QMS and Calcomp and Tektronix
>>make color thermal transfer printers. HP and Canon and IBM sell color
>>inkjet printers. 
>>

You also should check out the Nov. 24 issue of PC Magazine, it hits the street
today.  I mention this because our printers did very well, check out the cover.

The original request was for info on color LASER printers and I second the 
comment from Canon in Australia, requests should be a little more complete.
Most of the printers mentioned so far are NOT laser printers (Canon being
the exception).  A lot of people say laser but mean PostScript.  There are
five basic types of color printers, aqueous ink jet, solid ink jet, thermal
wax, dye sublimation and laser.  Each one has it's pros and cons depending
on type of use, required media and cost (purchase and consumables).  Which
one is best is a very open ended question.

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From: dave@Cigna.COM (Dave Good)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Output Trays and Duplexing on Laserjets
Keywords: laserjet ouput trays duplexing
Date: 13 Nov 92 00:23:38 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Cigna FIRST - Irvine, CA


We just got a new LaserJet 4 with PostScript, 6Mb, and the 500 sheet paper 
tray.  With the 850 sheet input capacity, we'd really like to send lots
and lots of stuff to it overnight and have it chug along until its done or
it runs out of paper.  Unfortunately, the output tray only holds 250 sheets.
Is there any way to have it print more than 250 sheets unattended such as 
an external output tray?  What about the LJ IIIsi?  How many sheets will
its output tray hold?

Additionally, we'd like to be able to do automatic duplex printing.  I know
the LJ IIID does this, and the IIIsi has an optional attachment for this,
but is a duplexing attachment planned for the LJ4?

Thanks...

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From: S_GUMHOLD@rzmain.rz.uni-ulm.de (Gumhold Martin)
Subject: HP500 2 500C Upgrade kit... where???
Organization: University of Ulm, Germany
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:58:51 GMT
X-News-Reader: VMS NEWS 1.24

Hi all,

where can I get the upgrade, how much is it, is it GOOD ?
Here in Germany it seems not being available...

Thanx 4 info,

Martin Gumhold
From: sav@nanette.sni.de (Dr.Savory)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: ink jet refills
Date: 6 Nov 1992 15:28:01 GMT
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, Paderborn, Germany
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: nanette.sto.pdb.sni.de

I have an Olivetti JP350S ink jet printer.
Is there a cheap way to refill to avoid buying new cartridges?
eg: An injection syringe? Where to "inject"? what ink to use?

Tanx,
     Stu
Organization: Middle East Technical University - Computer Center
Date: Monday, 9 Nov 1992 16:04:20 TUR
From: <E59387@TRMETU.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP LaserJet III Si and mode changes

  Hi,

  We have a HP LaserJet III Si, and We fed up with changing the mode PS and

 PCL. What we want is Printer will work on one mode ,preferly on PS, and when

a PCL entry comes, it should automatically change the mode to the PCL and after

finish its job,It should return to PS mode. How can we do this ?


 THANKS ADVANCE!
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.sun.misc
From: tan@lynx.msc.cornell.edu.UUCP (David Tan,Box 219 Baker Lab,54810,2720402)
Subject: Help! NEC 95 won't print plain ASCII files
Originator: tan@msc2.msc.cornell.edu
Organization: Cornell-Materials-Science-Center
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 15:22:20 GMT

Hi folks:

I've got a NEC Silentwriter Model 95 laser printer attached to a Sun
Sparcstation 1+ (SunOS 4.1.1.).  The 95 is supposed to be able to read
PostScript and HP's PCL; I haven't tested PCL, but it does a nice job with
PostScript, including large (> 650K) image files.  What it will NOT do
is print ordinary ASCII files! (Grrrr...)  It accepts the file, flashes
"processing", then "waiting", then goes back to "ready ps" (which is
what it displays when it's waiting for input.)  The 95 is supposed to
be able to know the difference between PS and PCL and automatically
switch accordingly, but it seems to have no provision for plain ASCII!

Does anyone now how to get around this problem?  Or, for that matter,
any suggestions?  Recently I asked (on c.s.sun.misc) about ps?f filters;
I included none in /etc/printcap, and it does a fine job on PS files
without them; do I need something similar for ASCII files?

All suggestions greatly appreciated; email and post both fine.  I'll
summarize if there are enough responses.


Dave

tan@msc.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 92 11:35:32 EST
From: ip@cs.columbia.edu (Il-Pyung Park)
Subject: Re: PS to EPS convert??


In article <Bx8t56.3pn@ecf.toronto.edu> ajmani@ecf.toronto.edu (AJMANI
KEITH SANJAY) wrote:
> 	A quick question. I don't know if such aprogram exists,
> but if anyone know of one that converts postscript files to 
> encapsulated postscript, I would greatly appreciate any such info.
> 	I need this because I printed from GNUplot as .ps and
> want to read the file into Corel, which only accepts .eps (and the same
> with WFW)

I don't know on which platform you are running gnuplot, but
in gnuplot unix version 3.2, you can output the file in EPS by
command : "set terminal postscript eps <fontsize>"


IP





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From: rohrernl@helix.nih.gov (Nathan Rohrer)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet III Si and mode changes
Organization: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 13:07:53 GMT

In article <92314.160420E59387@TRMETU.BITNET> <E59387@TRMETU.BITNET> writes:

>  Hi,

>  We have a HP LaserJet III Si, and We fed up with changing the mode PS and

> PCL. What we want is Printer will work on one mode ,preferly on PS, and when

>a PCL entry comes, it should automatically change the mode to the PCL and after

>finish its job,It should return to PS mode. How can we do this ?


> THANKS ADVANCE!

We are using our HP LJIIIsi on a MS LAN Manager network.  We send the IIIsi 
a separator page with each job that tells it what type of job it is (PS or 
PCL).  I don't know what you can do if your using it stand-alone or on a 
Novell network.


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From: SXC3@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Okidata laserprinter?
Date: 13 Nov 92 21:36:06 GMT
Organization: Penn State University

My group is thinking of buying an Okidata OL400 laserprinter
(because of the good deal Swan is offering).  Anybody have
comments/warnings/praise?  Is it a good machine or is it
cheap for a reason?
          My eternal gratitude,
                    Sabrina Chase      SXC3@psuvm
                    Penn State Physics Department
From: merklin@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ed Kemo)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: imagewriter and pc
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:34:08 GMT
Article-I.D.: mintaka.1992Nov9.193408.14638
Distribution: comp.periphs.printers
Organization: /etc/organization



Hello!
I would like to hook my imagewriter II to a grid 286 laptop, either
thru serial/parallel port on the laptop..I think I need an appletalk
to serial/parallel converter..honestly I am not sure..
any help is greatly appreciated...
you can reach me at merklin@gnu.ai.mit.edu
From: erb@insu1.etec.uni-karlsruhe.de (Olaf Erb)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: PS to EPS convert??
Date: 5 Nov 92 15:21:45 GMT
Article-I.D.: rz.1992Nov5.152145.4381
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

AJMANI KEITH SANJAY (ajmani@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:
: 	A quick question. I don't know if such aprogram exists,
: but if anyone know of one that converts postscript files to 
: encapsulated postscript, I would greatly appreciate any such info.
: 	I need this because I printed from GNUplot as .ps and
: want to read the file into Corel, which only accepts .eps (and the same
: with WFW)

The same problem exists here....
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