[Info-vax] DCPS v2.7 problem with HP P2055dn printer

[Alan Frisbie]

Paul Anderson wrote:

> DCPS V2.7 supports the HP LaserJet P2055 printer, but I did not have 
> time to sufficiently test one before my time was up at HP.  This 
> printer has exhibited problems not typical of HP printers.

Thanks for the reply, Paul.   I'll try your suggestions
this week.

On the plus side, I found that a Lexmark E250dn works fine with
DCPS as long as I set its personality to Postscript only.   It
too has some failings, however.   For instance, its MediaType
entry for plain paper is "Plain Paper" instead of simply "Plain".
However, since I am using it for labels only, that's OK here.

It fills the bill for a dirt-cheap Postscript printer, but the
user interface sucks dead rats through a straw.   To set it up,
you have to hook it to your network and let it get an IP address
via DHCP.   Then you have to figure out *which* address it got,
and use its built-in web server on port 80 to re-configure it
to a fixed IP.   You cannot do this from the front panel.

Alan