Slightly OT: USB Laserjet Printing

[Joe Chasan]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 03:40:55PM -0500, Rod Caddy wrote:
> I am using Filepro 5.0.05D9 when I print to a Color Laserjet 1600 via
> USB it goes into the spooler but never goes out to the printer.  The pc
> is Windows XP and the printer is shared as Printer2.  In printer
> maintenance I have a printer defined destination as win:printer2.
> Unfortunately, parallel is not an option.  Any suggestions would be
> appreciated.

according to
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/pscmisc/vac/us/product_pdfs/1140734.pdf

this is a host-based printer - which means that by itself it won't print
filePro's standard output (usually PCL for laser printers).  to make this
printer work with filepro you would have to use some sort of program to
translate for you (because host-based pretty much means that this 
functionality was stripped out of the printer the printer expects your PC
to do the work instead) and - either filePro's less than stellar rtf/atlantis
approach with the fp2rtf print code table (in which you use a freeware windows
word processor to actually print), or buy anzio's print-wizard which handles 
this translation smartly.
 
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