[Info-vax] IPP utiltiy

Scott Dorsey kludge at panix.com
Wed May 5 19:12:42 EDT 2021


Mark Berryman  <mark at theberrymans.com> wrote:
>On 5/4/21 2:49 PM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2021-05-04, Mark Berryman <mark at theberrymans.com> wrote:
>>> Based on feedback, it would appear that a number of the printers out
>>> there are designed more for mobile printing than desktop printing.  This
>>> is indicated by the document formats they support.  Typically, such
>>> printers return a supported document format list similar to the following:
>>>
>>> application/vnd.hp-PCL: this is HP?s Printer Control Language.  It is
>>> text with escape sequences although binary data can be included when
>>> graphics are involved.
>>>
>> 
>> Just for completion, there are multiple PCL versions around.
>> 
>> Is there any indication of which PCL version(s) this covers ?
>
>Yes.  Each printer will have some attribute indicating which version of 
>the various protocols it supports.  Mine, for example, claims PCL 6 support.

If you don't know, run the self test page on the printer and it will likely
say.
--scott
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