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From: henry@ZOO.TORONTO.EDU (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Counting pages on a HPLJ II
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Date: 20 Apr 91 23:25:01 GMT
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In article <9104191550.AA03531@crayola.cs.UMD.EDU> zlsiirk@manchester-computing-centre.ac.uk ("R. E. Kruz.") writes:
>The HP lasetjet manual and HP have told me that the number of pages
>printed is stored in the printer but that there is no way to access it.
>The only way to see it is to print the test page.  Does anyone out there 
>know any method of getting this info into the workstation.

Can't be done.  The LaserJet *will not* send anything to the host except
control-S and control-Q for flow control.  There is no way to make it tell
you anything else.  HP's excuse for this is that LaserJets on parallel
ports have no return data path, and for some reason they feel that serial
ports have to be crippled to match.  (Caveat:  I haven't seen the manuals
for the very latest LaserJets yet.)
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