RE: [WinMac] Mac printing to HP LaserJet via NT

Tim Scoff(casper[at]nb.net)
Mon, 2 Nov 1998 20:41:19 -0500

NT doesn't support PostScript Level 2 for the Mac Printing Services. The
HP Printers do support PostScript Level 2.

>Interesting. We have several HP printers here, and I saw the "Offending
>Command" error frequently when trying to print from Quark. The fix was to
>always choose Postscript Level 1 on Quark's confusing printer dialogs. In
>my case the printer was a HP 5M; maybe it doesn't support PostScript as well
>as other HP products. Or the problem could have been Quark. All I know is
>that switching to Level 1 output made our documents print again.
>
>ian
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Dan Schwartz [mailto:expresso@snip.net]
>>Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 3:23 PM
>>To: The Windows-MacOS cooperation list
>>Subject: RE: [WinMac] Mac printing to HP LaserJet via NT
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian:
>>
>> You are indeed wrong. H-P has been a long-time licensee
>>of Adobe's
>>PostScript Level 2 software. I have a >5 year old LaserJet 4M,
>>PostScript
>>version 2011, that still works flawlessly.
>>
>> Chers!
>> Dan
>>
>>At 11:12 AM 11/2/98 -0500, Ian wrote:
>>>You are seeing a PostScript error, which means that your mac
>>is in fact
>>>seeing the printer. My guess is you're using Quark and
>>trying to print
>>>PostScript level 2 or3. Most HP printers, if they support
>>PostScript at
>>>all, only support level 1.
>>>
>>>If course I could be wrong.
>>
>>
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