Generic PCL printer driver?
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From: Nicolaj on 1 Mar 2005 12:31 Hi, I need a generic PCL printer driver that will work with PCL5e/PCL6 compliant printers. It should be generic and like a mini-driver without any fancy printer-specific features (it don't have to be able to brew coffee or fold the output into oragami-birds or anything). The only requirements are: - Duplex print - 1 (manual feed) + 4 or more trays - Color print (PCLXL/PCL6) One other thing that seems to be in every Microsoft unidrv-compliant driver is the amount of memory in the printer, but I don't know if this affects the printjob in any way. I could probably use the LaserJet III driver if I didn't also have to print in color, BUT this driver doesn't offer more than 1+1 trays (or something like that), and some new printers offer 4 trays besides the manual tray - and (unfortunately) we of course need to support some of these... If none exists, does anyone know if it is possible to write such a generic PCL driver based on the Microsoft unidriver technology? (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/graphics/hh/graphics/nt5gpd_78506769-3f07-4d18-b9b6-d7606a757eda.xml.asp) Or does anyone know of an existing printer from some printer-vendor like HP, Epson, Brother etc. driver that will fulfill our needs and can be used to many different printer makes and models? ANY help will be HIGHLY appreciated!!!!! Thanks in advance, Nicolaj Rasmussen
From: BobS on 1 Mar 2005 21:00 This may be of some help http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Generic-PCL_5c_Printer Source code is available and if you read the page, they mention HP drivers being available. If that doesn't fit the bill, try doing a Google using "generic PCL driver". Bob S. "Nicolaj" <drlandau(a)msn.com> wrote in message news:dd604248.0503010931.59bfb599(a)posting.google.com... > Hi, > > I need a generic PCL printer driver that will work with PCL5e/PCL6 > compliant printers. It should be generic and like a mini-driver > without any fancy printer-specific features (it don't have to be able > to brew coffee or fold the output into oragami-birds or anything). The > only requirements are: > > - Duplex print > - 1 (manual feed) + 4 or more trays > - Color print (PCLXL/PCL6) > > One other thing that seems to be in every Microsoft unidrv-compliant > driver is the amount of memory in the printer, but I don't know if > this affects the printjob in any way. > > I could probably use the LaserJet III driver if I didn't also have to > print in color, BUT this driver doesn't offer more than 1+1 trays (or > something like that), and some new printers offer 4 trays besides the > manual tray - and (unfortunately) we of course need to support some of > these... > > If none exists, does anyone know if it is possible to write such a > generic PCL driver based on the Microsoft unidriver technology? > (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/graphics/h h/graphics/nt5gpd_78506769-3f07-4d18-b9b6-d7606a757eda.xml.asp) > > Or does anyone know of an existing printer from some printer-vendor > like HP, Epson, Brother etc. driver that will fulfill our needs and > can be used to many different printer makes and models? > > ANY help will be HIGHLY appreciated!!!!! > > Thanks in advance, > Nicolaj Rasmussen
From: Nicolaj on 2 Mar 2005 02:57 Hi Bob, Thanks for the info. Unfortunately we need the printerdriver running on Windows 2000/2003, and all the drivers on the page is for Linux and seems to use Ghostscript - and unfortunately I don't have the ability to "convert" the driver - if it is at all possible? :-/ I have searched high and low, but haven't found any truly generic PCL5e/6 driver that supports 1MF+4 trays, duplex and color... I tried with a generic driver from Brother, but when printing to e.g. an HPCLJ 4650 the printer kept saying "Load Letter" even though A4 was specified as the papersize on the printserver and in the printer itself. Everything else seemed to work perfectly though, so I guess Brother is on the right track :-) Anyone else? Thanks, Nicolaj "BobS" <spam(a)eliminator.com> wrote in message news:<E69Vd.63259$H05.38580(a)twister.nyroc.rr.com>... > This may be of some help > > http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Generic-PCL_5c_Printer > > Source code is available and if you read the page, they mention HP drivers > being available. > > If that doesn't fit the bill, try doing a Google using "generic PCL driver". > > Bob S.
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