From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:20 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1968 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Tuesday 15 June 2010 Number 1968 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Laser printers : Ed Durrant 2 Re: Laser printers : Mark Dodel **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 06:33:37 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Re: Laser printers Peter Moylan wrote: > I've just received the latest Officeworks junk mail, and now they're > advertising a Brother HL-2150N mono laser printer (having both USB and > ethernet interfaces) for $149. The specifications on the Brother web > site say "PCL emulation". Should I assume that this doesn't necessarily > mean Postscript 3 compatible? PCL is definitely not Postscript - rather Laserjet protocol. > I would imagine that if it was Postscript > 3 compatible then this would be mentioned in the specifications. It does > claim to be Linux compatible. > > Ah, I think I just got my answer. One vendor's web site lists HL-2150N > with PCL6, and then lists a more expensive model (HL-5340d) with both > PCL6 and Postscript 3. OK, scrap the 2150N. > > No reason to scrap a PCL printer, unless you definitely need postscript for some reason. > A more attractive-looking option is a Samsung CLP315 colour laser > printer. The interface is called SPL-C, which appears to stand for > something like "Samsung Printer Language", and I'm suspicious because a > Google search found one place that wrote this as "SPL-C (host-based > printing)". Wipe Samsung as a supplier, then. > > Most of the attractive deals for laser printers appear to be for > multifunction machines. I imagine, however, that these would be wasted > in OS/2 - even if printing worked, scanning probably wouldn't. > > I am using a HP Officejet 6310 All-in-one (Multifunction network attached printer/scanner/fax machine/ memory card reader) under eComstation as a printer using HP OJ7110 under Cups. > I'm rapidly reaching the conclusion that the people doing the heavy > advertising (Officeworks, Post Office, KMart, Dick Smith, etc.) carry > only the cheap-and-nasty versions designed for the Windows users, and > that the right way to proceed is to find a suitable model and then shop > on-line for a good price. It'll probably mean having to spend a couple > of hundred dollars extra, but that's true for most electrical goods when > you want quality rather than junk. > > (Last winter I paid double the typical price for an electric blanket. > Sure, it was expensive, but it was NOT MADE IN CHINA, which means that > it's likely to keep working even after the warranty runs out. I've > thrown away too many faulty products to be caught by the made-in-China > trap again. Of course it's difficult to find retailers who will sell you > non-Chinese products, but they're available if you search hard enough.) > > Too true!! -- Cheers/eCS2.0 Ed Please checkout my podcasts at: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com or via iTunes To subscribe - click this: http://eComStationAustralia.podbean dot com/feed -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG === **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:05:44 -0400 From: Mark Dodel Subject: Re: Laser printers > On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:10:49 -0400 madodel wrote: > > > > > >PCL6 is laserjet emulation, so it should work with a similar featured > >LaserJet driver. Postscript 3, for me anyway, is the best, since you can > >use a printer specific PPD file to add that model to the OS/2 Postscript > >driver so it should support most if not all of the printers features. At > >least that is the case with my Brother MFC-9840CDW printer. > > > > That sounds like good news, Mark. > > I understand that PPD files are text and can be extracted from elsewherre > (like a Windoze system) but is the process of "adding that model to the > OS/2 Postscipt driver" trivial or difficult for a home user? > As Chuck said there is a command line utility in the IBM postscript package called pin.exe which allows you to add a ppd file. There are some step by step instructions for this at http://www.os2voice dot org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0605H/vnewsft.htm#G Also Alex Taylor has a utility as part of eCS 2.0 which has a gui for doing this. That is also available on the eCS betazone for people woth a current software subscriprion. Finally Paul Smedley's port of the CUPS driver may already include that model. Mark -- Mark Dodel sent by ibisMail on my Apple iPad! -------------------------------------------------- http://www./melbpc/ - The Melbourne OS/2 SIG ===