RE: XwinNMR and new HP network printers - follow up

From: Jerry Hirschinger (hirsch56@purdue.edu)
Date: Mon Oct 16 2006 - 07:32:18 PDT


Hi Phil,
We're using a Brother model HL5250DN in 2 locations, both as network
printers providing output from XwinNMR running in Irix.
Good luck,
Jerry Hirschinger, NMR Instrumentation Specialist
Purdue Interdepartmental NMR Facility
560 Oval Dr. West Lafayette, IN 47907-2084
Office: Wetherill 365A
Phone / Fax: (765) 494-5288 / 494-0239
Cellular: (765) 427-3034

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Dennison (by way of BUM
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> [mailto:dennison@uci.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 9:22 PM
> To: BUM
> Subject: XwinNMR and new HP network printers - follow up
>
>
> Dear all,
>
> I've done a little more research and found this ominous section in
> the specs of the HP LJ2600n: "Print languages, std: Host-based (uses
> the processing power and resources of your computer to process the
> print job. No PCL or PostScript)". Somewhat buried on the HP site,
> but may explain why the printer is so cheap.
>
> This probably also explains why it won't work. But the HPLJ4100 does
> seem to include PCL and PostScript support, and that gave me similar
> problems. I didn't persevere with that as the lab in question also
> had a 2420n which worked straightaway.
>
> So perhaps the question should now be how do we find a new printer
> that will work with Irix/XwinNMR, or indeed Linux/TopSpin? HP seem to
> ignore Linux in their printer descriptions, despite them selling
> Redhat workstations.
>
> Thanks again for any assistance,
>
> Phil.
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