HP LaserJet 1160 & Postscript

Does the 1160 support Postscript printing?

I have just been given an HP Laserjet 1160 with no drivers or documentation. I have, through trial and error found that the PCL 5 universal driver is the only one that I can use with this printer on Win7 Home Premium 64 bit.
While not a definitive answer, I conclude the PS driver does not work on this printer with Win7 64 bit. Hope this helps.

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It appears your printer is a commerical LaserJet printer.
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Thanks, I didn't know about that driver.
I think that now everything gets rendered locally, since the printer queue shows a percentage increasing during the rendering.
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Hi Ben,
Well done with finding the file. Based on your info I searched the PPD folder and found the LaserJet 4.gz, which after unpacking and opening saw that it was ppd for the HP LaserJet 4/4M PostScript 600DPI entry I could see in the printer list under HP.
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*APDialogExtension: "/Library/Printers/hp/PDEs/hpImageQuality.plugin"
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Regards,
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