My first thought was that it was a lobotomized (and, I always use that term too in these cases) printer. But, it's actually a much higher end product that appears to support PCL6.
I don't have much to offer on the config except, years ago, I always used HPLJ5 WSCST and 3812 along with the TSPLPRD driver.
That TSPLPRD was a life saver for em - Thank you Rodney Johnson wherever you are!
Roger Harman
COMMON Certified Application Developer - ILE RPG on IBM i on Power
From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of James H. H. Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:56 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: HP Color LaserJet MFP M577 PCL 6 won't print from iSeries - Link for iSeries supportted printers
On 10/18/17, 1:38 PM, Steinmetz, Paul wrote:
We just installed a HP Color LaserJet MFP M577 PCL 6
Prints fine from Windows.
Not working from iSeries.
I'm not a bit surprised. Just about every desktop laser printer on the
market for the past decade has been completely lobotomized: all the
RIPping is done in the driver.
I think the last HP desktop laser printer that actually processed PCL or
PS data streams internally might have been the HP LJ2000 series. I have
a 2100M, myself. I bought it new, and it's still functioning.
I remember many years ago, buying my first color laser. I think it was a
Xerox, and it claimed to be a PS machine. I tried feeding it a PS data
stream out of Xerox(!) Ventura Publisher (DOS/GEM Edition 3.0), and it
curled up its toes and said "Helllllpppppp meeeeeeeee!" It was also a
good deal bulkier and heavier in real life than it seemed on paper, and
it made the devil's own noise when it was running. Since it would have
had to have replaced the HP in order to justify the cost, noise, and
bulk, it went back to Staples for a refund, the day after it was delivered.
Years later, I eventually bought a Samsung for a fraction of the price:
small enough, cheap enough, and quiet enough to serve in addition to the
2100M, instead of replacing it. When it wore out, I bought a slightly
larger, considerably more robust used Samsung that was still smaller,
cheaper, and quieter than the Xerox. I print my Christmas cards on it,
among other things.
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JHHL
midrange.com
