ppr-list-digest volume 2, number 41, message 2

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From: Jennifer Wong <jenny@gattaca.biochem.usyd.edu.au>
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 12:54:38 +1100 (EST)
Subject: PPR: ppr and hp printers

hi,

i'm running ppr-1.40 on a redhat linux 6.0 server with netatalk and samba
installed on it, and i am having lots of troubles getting it working! 

my department, unfortunately, has lots of Hewlett-Packard laserjet printers
(including a colour laserjet 4500N and a designjet 455CM large-format
printer) and i've been told by some friends that the main reason for this 
is that the HPs don't talk postscript properly, but rather, speak pjl. 

so, the best fix i can think of at the moment is to find some apple 
laserwriter drivers that will support the various options of the printers. 
i would happily use laserwriter II NT, however it doesn't support colour 
or large size paper and only has 300dpi. our laserjet 4050N can print up 
to 1200dpi and i'd like to find a driver which i can use on that. 

does anyone have any suggestions for what i should use? or any other way 
to get around this pjl problem? i can't just pass through the print jobs 
because we are also keeping count of how many pages are being printed etc. 
(esp. for the colour printers).

regards,
jenny

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Jennifer Wong                                     ph: 9351 2499  
Computer Systems Officer                         fax: 9351 6009 
Department of Biochemistry G08                mob: 0417 661 611 
The University of Sydney NSW 2008     jenny@biochem.usyd.edu.au