LaserJet P1606dn: Win7: Over Ethernet: List of current Control Codes ( PCL 6? )
Thank you.
I've unsuccessfully sought a list of control codes ( PCL 6? ) for the LJ P1606dn so I can work codes like "Page Eject" into a database application I'm prototyping.
Plenty of PCL 5/5e references on the Internet, but nothing linked to the current crop of LaserJet printers.
Appreciate any guidance.
Yours,
Bruce Chitiea
SafeSectors, Inc.
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The LaserJet P1606dn printer is a host-based device (see http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=c01995860 ).
This means that it doesn't understand any of the traditional Page Description Languages (PDLs) - PCL5, PCL6 (a.k.a. PCL XL) or PostScript - as used on more expensive models.
Host-based devices use proprietary (not published) languages which vary from model to model and manufacturer to manufacturer.
I think that with many of the HP models, the language is known as JetReady, which is (loosely) based on a (very) stripped down variant of PCL XL; most of the fomatting is done of the host workstation (hence the name), with everything (text & images) converted to encapsulated, compressed raster images; the interpreter in the printer just unencapsulates and uncompresses these images, and prints the resultant dots.
Note that even of the printer supported the standard PCL6 (PCL XL) PDL, it is exceedingly difficult (in most cases impossible) to inject anything (such as your 'page ejects') into the stream generated by the driver, due to the highly structured nature of this PDL.
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This is completely unacceptable, and it's far too typical of the current state of Apple's quality control and support that there is no official acknowledgment of this screamingly obvious and annoying problem, which happens every single time I use my Time Capsule, which is to say every day, and no recommended fix.
Sometimes I feel as if I could really hate this company!
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