HP LaserJets emulate Postscript

Hello,
First, thanks to Greg Sahli for putting a previous thread which found a work around for my problem....
Printer was printing garbage (raw postscript code) to the printer when I first configured it.
I have a HP LaserJet 2100 (plain, not a M or TN)
JectDirect J6057A )r25.57)
I ended p using the driver "Laserrjet 6 series, Gimp-Print", using LPD protocols and its working.
Why didn't the 2100 series driver work (shouldn't it know its PCL, not PS)?
Do you need an optional PS emulation DIMM (and has anyone seen them available)
Thanks again, this is a great resource.

HP (and other manufacturers - especially the high-end office equip makers like Xerox & Canon) assume that since you have a Mac, you'll want to print postscript. For those, the included driver on OS X is the postscript driver.
I don't think it's worth it to get the postscript card, but someone here said they got it on eBay - at least I think it was for the 2100.

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I have a Laserjet 1300n (max memory, 80 MB) connected with USB 1.1 to my iMac 2.4 GHz.
If I print only text the printer is fast, no problems at all. As soon as an image or logo or any bitmap appears, the printer slows down, a lot: one minute per page (before starting the print) is easily reached and I have to wait often more.
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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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I have an HP Laserjet 4M printer (with a JetDirect card) on my network. On my other Macs (PowerBook G4, PowerMac G4, Mac Mini PPC) all running 10.4 I set the printer up and was able to use the 'HP Laserjet 4/4M PostScript' (v1.1.0.X) driver. The support site lists printer drivers included with 10.4 and lists the 'HP LasderJet 4/4M PostScript' driver (v1.1.0.X) as being part of the HP printer package provided with 10.4 - I assume that is what I'm using on these machines. I just got a new MacBook Pro with 10.4 and can't find the HP LaserJet 4/4M PostScript driver anywhere - I've tried to re-load the HP printer drivers from the install CD and it says they are already installed. When I choose the model in the printer setup utility I see the LJ 4 Gimp driver but not the other. I've currently set it up with the Generic PostScript driver, but that doesn't have any of the model specific options that the HP driver has. Are the printer drivers that are supplied with 10.4 different for PowerPC vs Intel Macs? Or am I not looking in the right place for the driver?
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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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Looking at the ppd there is reference to five printer driver plug-ins;
*APDialogExtension: "/Library/Printers/hp/PDEs/hpColorOptions.plugin"
*APDialogExtension: "/Library/Printers/hp/PDEs/hpEdgeToEdge.plugin"
*APDialogExtension: "/Library/Printers/hp/PDEs/hpFinishing.plugin"
*APDialogExtension: "/Library/Printers/hp/PDEs/hpImageQuality.plugin"
*APDialogExtension: "/Library/Printers/hp/PDEs/hpProofAndPrint.plugin"
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Regards,
Paul

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There are some related threads in this forum, but I still can't figure out what is my problem (printer works in some situations - printing a pdf in evince or a webpage in chromium - but in others not, e.g. printing from emacs), and there are error messages from hp-check.
Here are two command-line checks:
[tj@arch ~]$ lpstat
[tj@arch ~]$ hp-probe
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2)
Printer Discovery Utility ver. 4.1
Using connection type: usb
| DEVICE DISCOVERY |
Device URI Model
hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P2055d?serial=S1663Y7 HP LaserJet P2055d
Found 1 printer(s) on the 'usb' bus.
Here is what the CUPS webinterface at localhost:631 says:
HP_LaserJet_P2055d (Idle, Accepting Jobs, Not Shared)
Description: HP_LaserJet_P2055d
Location:
Driver: HP LaserJet P2055 Postscript (recommended) (grayscale, 2-sided printing)
Connection: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P2055d?serial=S1663Y7
Defaults: job-sheets=none, none media=na_letter_8.5x11in sides=one-sided
And here is the output from hp-checks, with 4 errors, the 2 most prominent of them extracted first:
warning: No queues found.
Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...
HP Device 0x5c17 at 001:004:
Device URI: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P2055d?serial=S1663Y7
error: Unable to connect to dbus session bus.
Device node: /dev/bus/usb/001/004
Mode: 0664
getfacl: Entferne f?hrende '/' von absoluten Pfadnamen
# file: dev/bus/usb/001/004
# owner: root
# group: lp
user::rw-
group::rw-
other::r--
[tj@arch ~]$ hp-check
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.2)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 14.3
Copyright (c) 2011-14 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the
HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to determine if the proper dependencies
are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro
supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already built HPLIP supplied tarball
has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode
will check both of the above cases (both compile- and run-time dependencies).
Saving output in log file: hp-check.log
Initializing. Please wait...
| SYSTEM INFO |
Basic system information:
Linux arch 3.2.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 24 09:10:39 CET 2012 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
Distribution:
unknown 0.0
Checking Python version...
OK, version 2.7.2 installed
Checking PyQt 4.x version...
OK, version 4.9.1 installed.
Checking for CUPS...
Status:
Version: 1.5.2
error_log is set to level: warn
Checking for dbus/python-dbus...
dbus daemon is running.
python-dbus version: 0.84.0
| COMPILE AND RUNTIME DEPENDENCIES |
note: To check for compile-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -c parameter (ie, hp-check -c).
note: To check for run-time only dependencies, re-run hp-check with the -r parameter (ie, hp-check -r).
Checking for dependency: CUPS - Common Unix Printing System...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: CUPS image - CUPS image development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: DBus - Message bus system...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libjpeg - JPEG library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libpthread - POSIX threads library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libtool - Library building support services...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: libusb - USB library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan)...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
Checking for dependency: PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python devel - Python development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
Checking for dependency: Python XML libraries...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.3 or greater - Required for fax functionality...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: Reportlab - PDF library for Python...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: SANE - Scanning library development files...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: scanimage - Shell scanning program...
OK, found.
Checking for dependency: xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE...
warning: NOT FOUND! This is an OPTIONAL/RUNTIME ONLY dependency. Some HPLIP functionality may not function properly.
| HPLIP INSTALLATION |
Currently installed HPLIP version...
HPLIP 3.12.2 currently installed in '/usr/share/hplip'.
Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.12.2
[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.12.2
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
pp-build=yes
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=yes
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=yes
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=yes
internal-tag=3.12.2
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
policy-kit=no
hpijs-only-build=no
lite-build=no
udev-acl-rules=yes
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
# hplip.state - HPLIP runtime persistent variables.
[plugin]
installed=0
eula=0
Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[settings]
systray_visible = 0
systray_messages = 0
[last_used]
device_uri =
printer_name = HP_LaserJet_P2055d
working_dir = .
[commands]
scan =
[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1
[polling]
enable = false
interval = 5
device_list =
[fax]
voice_phone =
email_address =
[installation]
date_time = 04/03/12 12:29:03
version = 3.12.2
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
Device URI Model
hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P2055d?seria HP LaserJet P2055d
l=S1663Y7
| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
warning: No queues found.
| SANE CONFIGURATION |
'hpaio' in '/etc/sane.d/dll.conf'...
OK, found. SANE backend 'hpaio' is properly set up.
Checking output of 'scanimage -L'...
device `v4l:/dev/video0' is a Noname USB Camera (046d:08da) virtual device
| PYTHON EXTENSIONS |
Checking 'cupsext' CUPS extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'pcardext' Photocard extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'hpmudext' I/O extension...
OK, found.
Checking 'scanext' SANE scanning extension...
OK, found.
| USB I/O SETUP |
Checking for permissions of USB attached printers...
HP Device 0x5c17 at 001:004:
Device URI: hp:/usb/HP_LaserJet_P2055d?serial=S1663Y7
error: Unable to connect to dbus session bus.
Device node: /dev/bus/usb/001/004
Mode: 0664
getfacl: Entferne f?hrende '/' von absoluten Pfadnamen
# file: dev/bus/usb/001/004
# owner: root
# group: lp
user::rw-
group::rw-
other::r--
| USER GROUPS |
lp wheel games video audio optical storage scanner power users www
| SUMMARY |
error: 4 errors and/or warnings.
Please refer to the installation instructions at:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/index.html
Done.
Maybe there is something wrong with my dbus anyway? I get a lot of org.freedesktop.xyz not found messages in many situations.
Thanks for any hints.
Last edited by 4on6 (2012-04-03 14:16:14)

4on6 wrote:There are some related threads in this forum, but I still can't figure out what is my problem (printer works in some situations - printing a pdf in evince or a webpage in chromium - but in others not, e.g. printing from emacs).
The distinction that comes to mind here is that emacs (and some others) will print via lp. I suspect that the default printer for lp is not set, and therefore the print job is lost.
To test this, create ~/.cups/lpoptions (if you don't already have it) with the content:
Default <The_Name_Of_My_Printer_In_CUPS>
And see if that helps.

HP LaserJet 2100M - Can I Use w/New MacBook

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Can anyone give me an idea if I could use this printer with my brand new MacBook and how I need to set it up...for example, could I buy a parallel to USB printer cable? Or better yet, a Mac Serial to USB cable or switch. There are still current drivers for the printer so I would be all set once I could figure out how to actually connect it to the MacBook. If the cable switch route would work, will it still be able to print postscript...that is key.
I've looked into getting a JetDirect card for the printer, however because they are discontinued from HP, the only ones I can find are between $300 and $500. If I'm going to spend that much, I most likely would just buy a new printer. I don't trust the couple I've seen on ebay as they don't actually have HP marked on them.
I need some serious help with this. Thx! Kim

Get a USB-parallel adapter cable $10-30. Also install the alternate USB driver "usbtb:"
http://www.buymelunch.org/printing/usbtb/
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HP LaserJet 2100 prints garbage

I'm adding this, hoping it helps someone else out -
I own an older HP laserJet 2100, connected to my home network via ethernet. Works great with other computers both Linux and Windows. I could not get my new MacBookPro to print to it. I try different print drivers, different settings on the MacBook. Nothing I tried worked... whenever I sent a print job from the MacBook to the LJ2100... all I got was pages of garbage.
Then I learned (what maybe some already knew!) that this HP LaserJet 2100 requires a PostScript Emmulation Dimm to print for Mac. The Accessory Dimm is like a memory dimm, in fact it includes 4Mb of memory on board. It is HP model# C3098A but is now obsolete and no longer available from HP. I was able to find one on eBay! I dropped that dimm in place, plugged the printer back in and printed from my MacBookPro. First shot! Perfection. Worked great.
I wished I had learned this earlier. I spent about 3 weeks trying drivers and trying to figure out what I was doing wrong.
Intel 2.16GHz Mac OS X (10.4.9) HP LaserJet 2100, PostScript Dimm,
Intel 3.5GHz Windows XP Pro (Linux also!)

As Bruce mentioned, many HP LaserJets also use some version of the PCL language. This printer can use either the PCL 5 or PCL 6 driver. The Gutenprint drivers do support this model. I recommend downloading the latest version. There were many improvements since the v5.0.0beta-2 release that shipped with Tiger.
The pxlmono drivers also support this printer. There is a Mac package for this at OpenPrinting.
Also, you might be interested in the entry for this printer in the OpenPrinting database.
Matt
Mac Mini G4; B&W G3/300

LaserJet Output Changes between Illustrator & Photoshop (CS2)

Win XP on Dell PC, Adobe CS2 + Bridge, Huey Pro 1.5.0 color management, HP Color LaserJet 3800 Postscript Printer, printing a hi-res CMYK TIF.
1. How can I synchronize the color output of a TIF file between Illustrator & Photoshop.
2. And what is causing this variance?
3. Also, Huey Pro is new on my system. Would it be my best option to color proof this image onscreen for the closest representation for final output (by digital printing press)?
When I print this TIF file directly from Photoshop CS2 = darker/richer CMYK output.
When I print a layout in Illustrator CS2 with this exact same TIF linked into the layout = different/lighter CMYK output on the same PS printer.
My system is color managed by Huey Pro & my educated guess would be that Huey is not causing the differences in output. Right?
Is there something in Bridge I should check?
This has been a longterm problem I've been needing to resolve...

What exactly do you want to do with both the apps?
Since the exchange of files from AI to PS is based on PDF, I wouldn't expect problems. The only question is, if Photoshop CS2 will be able to read PDF 1.5, since that's the format AI CS6 embeds in its files. If it doesn't work, you could still save a PDF from AI and make it any other PDF version.
Illustrator can read lower version PSD.
Copy-Paste might be a problem. I can't experiment, since I don't have that PS version any more.

Printing using a Sharp MX2600 without PostScript 3?

My work is using a Sharp networked printer and it doesn't have PostScript 3 installed. I've managed to work around settings to get my computer (Mac Pro running OSX 10.6.8) running B/W prints, but is there any way to get it printing in color?

You could also use Open Printing, by downloading and installing this Open Source package which works under Mac OS X:
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/pxlmon o
The package uses Ghostscript to emulate Postscript printing, then rasterizes and sends the results using PCL. The package contains pxlcolor as well, for color printing to PCL printers. The Sharp 2300N and 2700N are both listed as supported.

Reader XI can't print long PDFs

I have some long PDFs, over 3000 pages, and Reader can't print more than 86 pages per job. While it tries, the job is apparently invalid and the printer (and HP LaserJet 4015 using a PostScript driver) stops printing and the job then terminates without any error message on either the printer or PC. I've tried several files and all fail. Reader 10 could print thest just fine as can my Mac using non-Adobe software.

We are not aware of any general issue with Reader XI (as opposed to Reader X) in terms of ability to print “long” PDF files. I have routinely printed many very long (i.e., thousands of very graphically-complex pages) to printers with Adobe PostScript without any issues whatsoever from Acrobat XI (same print subsystem as Reader XI).
There are a few potential issues here.
I assume that you are actually referring to a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet p4015, a monochrome printer from 2008, no discontinued. As far as I can tell there is no LaserJet 4015. Such printers emulate PostScript; they do not have Adobe PostScript and have been known to be somewhat dodgy in terms of the quality of such emulation.
Although there were relatively few changes in the PostScript generation between the X and XI versions of Reader and Acrobat, there could have been some simple change that triggers a problem with the PostScript interpretation of this particular model printer.
You should make sure that you have the latest firmware for the printer. Hewlett-Packard often fixes bugs in their PostScript emulation via firmware updates. Go to <http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SupportTaskIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId =130&prodSeriesId=3558793&prodTypeId=18972&supportTaskId=42593> and if necessary, download and install the latest printer firmware.
You should also set the front panel options and/or the PostScript driver options to Send the PostScript Error Handler with the jobs. If a PostScript error occurs, a page should print out with the error name and diagnostic information. That could help us determine the issue.
One series of problems we have often seen with Hewlett-Packard emulations of PostScript is associated with fonts, especially when large numbers of subset fonts appear in a job, possibly due to the PDF files in question having been assembled from many smaller PDF files. Although your printer, according to specifications, should have a significant amount of memory (128MB), conceivably a series of font subsets are overwhelming the printer. The Advanced option in the print dialog typically provides options for how the fonts are sent to the print including Send by Range (the default), Send at Start, and Send for Each Page. You may wish to change whatever your current setting is for this (especially try Send for Each Page) and see if that resolves the problem.
Please advise as to whether any of the above resolves the problem or at least provides more information that we can use to further diagnose what is going on.
- Dov

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