Timeline for Where can I find a Windows 10 PCL5 driver for an unsupported LaserJet printer?
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| Jul 26, 2023 at 8:15 | comment | added | Gábor | @Parker No, certainly not, I wouldn't mind. Your LJ 1300 is, as far as I can tell from any printer format data I have, a PostScript plus PCL6 printer. I treat it as "real" PCL6, that's Enhanced. So does the Linux world: openprinting.org/printers (this actually suggests all three, PS, PCL5 and PCL6). | |
| Jul 23, 2023 at 23:58 | comment | added | Parker | @Gábor Very helpful! This explains a lot. I'd like to see an in-depth discussion on that topic. Would you mind if I reference that information in my answer? | |
| Jul 21, 2023 at 0:25 | comment | added | Gábor | HP did some very confusing naming. Although technically, yes, they used PCL6 Standard (emphasis on Standard) to denote a compatible version, most of what you'll find under the name PCL6 is actually PCL6 Enhanced (formerly known as PCL XL) that's completely different from PCL5, they don't even look remotely similar. It's very unlikely to find a real PCL6 driver that would print anything to a former PCL5 printer. (Source: I'm author of a printing app that can print to both formats, without any OS drivers, generating its own printer data from the first byte to the last one). | |
| Jul 20, 2023 at 0:22 | comment | added | Parker | I hear you. I did my time as a SysAdmin for years, and believe me, I prefer to use the most recent version wherever possible. This was just one of those edge cases where there is just barely a solution. | |
| Jul 19, 2023 at 15:57 | comment | added | Netan | @Parker Oh I get it now. Sorry I was'nt more of help. That's worked for me 99% of the time, when I worked as IT | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 20:21 | comment | added | Parker | The print server (HP JetDirect 250m) is mine, as is the printer (LJ 1300). I did try the Microsoft PCL6 Class Driver, and it failed to print. The Microsoft PS Class Driver did work, but was slow and error-prone. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 19:44 | history | edited | Netan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 18, 2023 at 19:39 | comment | added | Netan | @Parker I'm sorry, maybe I missed something. The server is the company's or your's? I was suggesting you'll use microsoft's baked-in driver to connect to that server. You initially said in your post "The printer only understands PCL5 and PS", but I suggested you try the PCL6-one. I edited my answer to contain an image. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:47 | comment | added | Parker | This was the very first thing I tried. Everything looks great, but when I try to print a test page it just sits in the queue until Windows finally tells me that the document failed to print. Either the printer or the JetDirect module is rejecting PCL6. I was able to get the PS version of the driver "working", but images take forever to spool and often fail to print (or in some cases I end up with hundreds of pages of PostScript code being printed instead of the rendered document, requiring me to babysit every print job). Your answer may work with some printers, but not mine. | |
| Jul 18, 2023 at 18:31 | history | answered | Netan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |