pjh@mccc.edu (Peter J. Holsberg) (06/23/91)
I just purchased a Canon LBP-CX laser printer with a LaserMaster JetScript Postscript controller board. It's terrific! However, I have several pieces of software that do not support postscript printing, and I was wondering if there's any way to send HP PCL commands directly to the Canon. The LBP-CX is the same engine as used in the Aplle Laserwriter and Laserwriter Plus, the HP LJ and LJ Plus, and the QMS-PS 800 and 800+ (and various printers from Wang, Cordate, Linotype, Imagen, etc.) The JetScript User's Manual shows how to bypass the LaserMaster if you are using an HP LJ II, but it has separate inputs for "normal" LJ II and for the adapter card that plugs into the optional interface slot of the LJ II, but the Canon doesn't use an adapter: the LM controller gets connected to the Canon's one and only input connector. Has anyone done this successfully? Incidentally, I bought this from The Printer Works for $1025, including shipping. Thanks, Pete -- Prof. Peter J. Holsberg Mercer County Community College Voice: 609-586-4800 Engineering Technology, Computers and Math FAX: 609-586-6944 1200 Old Trenton Road, Trenton, NJ 08690 Internet: pjh@mccc.edu TCF 92 - April ??-??, 1992