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From: friedl@mtndew.UUCP (Steve Friedl)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Need way to select HP LaserJet emulation
Message-ID: <347@mtndew.UUCP>
Date: 18 Feb 90 11:44:41 GMT
Organization: Steve's Barnburner 386
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Hi folks,

     I have a Dataproducts LZR 1260 here at the house, and it's
got the HP LaserJet emulation in it.  I mostly run in PS batch,
but there are some packages that I have that simply prefer the HP
mode.  I can change this from the front-panel, but I would love
very much to be able to do it from software so I can add an lp
spooler option to control it.  Furthermore, I don't want to burn
a hole in my EEROM everytime I change modes.  This is getting
tiring.

     I did some digging around and found "inithplj" and "hplj"
operators in statusdict, and this strikes me as going in the
right direction.  "hplj" does just about the right thing, except
that CR/LF is not treated quite right.  When I run "inithplj", I
am told that it is unregistered (what is this anyway?)

     Amanda pointed me to "setsccstreams" and "transparent" mode,
but even after getting _Inside PostScript_ it is clear that I am
wallowing in this stuff and it will take me a very long time to
figure it out on my own.  I am not even convinced that any of
this scc stuff applies to the parallel port.

     Does anybody have any idea how I can run this hp mode called
from PS batch?  With an eight-bit interface? (I need to download
soft fonts)  I understand that this is not supported by Adobe so
nothing is guaranteed to last, but I think this is fair game for
an lp interface program to know about.

     For what it's worth, a customer has a QMS PS 800 II on which
I wish to do the same thing.  This printer also has Diablo and HP
GL emulations which might be nice to call in a similar way.

     Thanks for the help,
     Steve

P.S. - Amanda, thanks for the pointers....

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