[Info-vax] printing from VMS

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-03-02 21:36:19 +0000, Paul Anderson said:

> PDF printing has come a long way.  Many printers can print PDF files natively.
> 
> For example, I just printed a PDF file from VMS via a TCP/IP Services 
> LPD queue--X86 system even--to an HP LaserJet Pro M148dw.  This printer 
> has an IP address but is wireless and has PDF printing built in.  This 
> is an under-$200 printer.

It's rare for the local OpenVMS configuration to even have PDF files 
around, and locally rarer still to be printing PDF files directly from 
OpenVMS.  Good that it works, though.

HP LaserJet Pro M148dw supports AirPrint, though oddly no IPP/IPPS 
listed in the main specs. (Why odd? AirPrint is built upon and is a 
superset of IPP/IPPS. Didn't dig for further specs.)

A Brother printer seemingly analogous to that HP printer is the MFC 
L2710. Embedded PostScript and PDF (did have to dig for that detail), 
AirPrint and IPP/IPPS, marginally faster printing speed, etc. Under 
$200, too.

(I've been using Brother printers for a while, and for various reasons.)

And as mentioned earlier, printer support for AirPrint and IPP/IPPS 
communications (and TWAIN for scanners) avoids the need for vendor 
drivers for most features.

Lots of choices these days for servers and for peripherals. Akin to 
printer prices, the prices on managed switches have dropped 
substantially, too.

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