RE: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer

Vern,

I agree with you there.....It was not my call, it literally happened Tuesday
night.  Someone thought they were saving a buck on the purchase price of the
printer and what has really happened is they are locked into a one vendor
solution for the expendable supplies.....

Regards,

Mike Shaw

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vern Hamberg
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:57 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer

Dell doesn't make any of its own printers. The A920/A960 inkjets are from 
Lexmark. But they made a little change in the cartridge, so that Lexmark 
cartridges don't work, only those sold by Dell. Don't know is this is also 
true of the lasers. It's a little ugly when someone forces you to use ONLY 
their consumables. Fortunately, Dells prices on the inkjet carts is very 
level with places like Staples, etc. Dell is less a manufacturer than a 
distributor these days, even of PCs. Everything is made in China.

Vern

At 06:16 PM 8/18/2004, you wrote:
>Kirk,
>
>Yup, kid tested and dad approved!  Even though the printer says Dell on the
>front, I wonder if it is based on a Lexmark print engine????  <VBG>
>
>Thanks for the quick response.
>
>Regards,
>
>Mike Shaw
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kirk Goins
>Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 3:47 PM
>To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
>Subject: Re: Help! Best Host Print Transform for Dell W5300 Printer
>
>Looks like it's an Lexmark.... Use *LEXOPTRA
>
>
>Now how did I find that...
>
>Go to WWW-912.ibm.com (yes that's a dash before the 912)
>In the top right search box type "support ascii printers xxx"  xxx being
>Dell or HP or ??
>
>You will get a bunch of hits, goto the  "Software Knowledge Base" tab
>and look for
>"Support for ASCII Printers from xxx"
>
>Use the tables you find there
>
>
>Mike wrote:
>
> >Our network folks replaced production H-P printers that were working via
a
> >remote OUTQ as *HP4000.  They were replaced with Dell W5300 laser
printers.
> >The end result is that there is no one-to-one Dell printer selections for
> >Host Print Transform in the remote OUTQ description and it is causing
grief
> >to the users.
> >
> >
> >
> >I have kept the wolves away from the sled by using a LEXMARKC750 HPT so
far
> >and it is working better than the HP4000 HPT.  Has anyone installed Dell
> >printers and found a better HPT fit for them?
> >
> >
> >
> >I am current on the HPT PTFs from IBM at V5R2M0 and no Dell printer
support
> >in site.  Thanks!
> >
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >Mike Shaw
> >