kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) (02/05/91)
The HP cartridge cannot be switched between PS and PCL modes without taking
out the cartridge (you described the PP cartridge on that point).
It really comes down to whether you want to pay for postscript or deal with
PhoenixPage language (a postscript clone), and how much you value switching
between PCL and PS modes (personally, I'd try and snag an older series II
and memory with the Adobe PS cartridge).
Bob
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In article <16662@accuvax.nwu.edu> kaufman@delta.eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. .. >A few weeks ago I posted here asking people which cartridges were available, >and which ones were recomended. The overwelminreponse was that the HP >cartridge was better then the Pacific one because >c) You could switch for PCL to Postscript and back without removing the >cartridge from the printer. From HP's PostScript cartridge user's guide 33439-90901 pg 2-11 CAUTION: Do not insert the PostScript cartridge while the printer is turned on. pg 2-18 CAUTION: Do not remove the PostScript cartridge while the printer is turned on. pg 3-1 ...Your printer therefore can have different operating mode: * PCL mode (without your PostScript cartridge installed). * PostScript mode (with your PostScript cartridge installed). So MY question is, how do people switch between PCL & PostScript without turning off the printer... al -- Al. Michielsen, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University InterNet: amichiel@rodan.acs.syr.edu amichiel@sunrise.acs.syr.edu Bitnet: AMICHIEL@SUNRISE
U12570@uicvm.uic.edu (u12570@uicvm.uic.edu) (02/06/91)
I think there is a confusion here due to differences between the HP and Adobe cartridges versus the PacificPage cartridges. Currently, you can't switch between PS and PCL through software with the HP and Adobe cartridges; and it is recommended that you turn off the printer before you remove or insert the cartridge. On the PacificPage cartridges, it is possible to switch emulations through software, ie. without manual intervention. The escape sequence <esc>&l32259.1057J<eot> switches from PCL to PS, while <esc>&l1057.32259J switches from PS to PCL. I had planned to recommend the use of PacificPage's printer emulation software switching on some networked printers. But the "soft reset" is indeed a hard reset with the LaserJet going through the initialization process everytime you switch printer emulations. Perhaps the PacificPage cartridge I have is old (Version 3.12) and there is newer firmware that switches printer emulations in a more graceful and less time-consuming way. --- Ed Garay
kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu (Bob Kusumoto) (02/07/91)
Edward A. Garay (u12570@uicvm.uic.edu) <U12570@uicvm.uic.edu> writes: >I think there is a confusion here due to differences between >the HP and Adobe cartridges versus the PacificPage cartridges. >Currently, you can't switch between PS and PCL through software >with the HP and Adobe cartridges; and it is recommended that >you turn off the printer before you remove or insert the cartridge. This is true if you're talking about HP's postscript cartridge that works on IIP/IID/III/IIID printers. The Adobe PS cartridge for the series II does do switching between PS and PCL like the pacific page cartridge or through a TSR called Printer Control Panel (PCPANEL for short) which can autodetect PS or PCL jobs going through whatever port it's sensing. Clarification: The Adobe PS cartridge and the HP PS cartridge do not compete against each other. If you have a series II printer, its the Adobe cartridge, if it's a newer printer, you have to use the HP cartridge (well, if you really want true postscript in a cartridge :-). Bob -- Bob Kusumoto | I just come from the land of Internet: kusumoto@chsun1.uchicago.edu | the sun/ from a war that must Bitnet: kusumoto%chsun1@uchicago[.bitnet] | be won in the name of truth. UUCP: ...!{oddjob,gargoyle}!chsun1!kusumoto | - New Order, "Love Vigilantes"