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From: rjn@hpfcso.HP.COM (Bob Niland)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Info needed on H/P 2631 G printer
Message-ID: <8400002@hpfcso.HP.COM>
Date: 14 Jul 90 23:58:21 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard/FSY Ft.Collins,CO,USA
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re: > Can anyone provide some information on a Hewlett-Packard 2631G printer?

The user/reference/service manuals may still be available.  Let us know if
you get serious about it, and I'll look up the part numbers (which I can't
do right now from home).

It speaks a pre-historic version of the "PCL" laanguage used on LaserJets.

> ... with a 24-pin Centronics-style connector on it,

Not Centronics, HP-IB (i.e. IEEE-488).

> Is this a printer that only likes to work with H/P hardware, or is there
> a possibility of using it on a PC?

With one of any number of IEEE-488 (aka GP-IB) cards, you might get
it working as an LPT.  Pretend that it is a ThinkJet or QuietJet.

> Please reply via mail...

Did that too.

Regards,                                              Hewlett-Packard
Bob Niland      Internet: rjn@hpfcrjn.FC.HP.COM       3404 East Harmony Road
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