[THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
- From: "msemon@xxxxxxx" <msemon@xxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 15:51:43 -0400
We have had issues with HP Laserjet printers (1300,2200,2300,8150, etc.)
not mapping correctly, slow printing, print jobs showing up as lanscape vs
portrait and on and on....
Currently I am going down the same path trying to utilize the PCL 5e driver
or postscript driver. Also, we are trying to limit the number of drivers
installed on the server and using mappings when possible. Have you installed
any of the newer HP drivers that are suppose to be be Terminal server
compatible or are you using the native drivers from the CD?
-Mike
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From: Jeff Soules jsoules@xxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 09:42:33 -0400
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
We have also been having numerous printing issues which, come to think of
it, are mostly with HP LaserJet 4 series printers (incl. 4200, 4800, etc.)
using PCL 6 drivers. We've not yet tried getting clients (who are working
with external firms) to install PCL 5e or PS drivers -- perhaps that would
help. In case you're wondering, the issues in question include massively
slow printing (one page per five-six minutes), black/white inverted image
problems, and pages with garbage characters printed before and after the
main print job.
I'll have to try using the 5e drivers the next time this comes up. Thanks
for the suggestion.
~Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Jason Patten
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:18 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
>
>
> I have noticed that when printing using the HP LaserJet 4 driver on the
> Server side that if the client has a PCL6 driver, the printing is
> EXTREMELY
> slow, on the order of one page per minutes or sometimes slower than that.
> Printing is more normal with the PCL5e driver. This ONLY seems to occur
> though when the client has Windows XP. With other OS's I have not seen
> this. It took MONTHS to find the solution. 98% of the time though if I
> have the user swap out to a PCL5e driver the slow printing issue
> goes away.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joel Stolk [mailto:JStolk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
>
>
> Just as a second opinion, we use mostly PCL 6 drivers and the Citrix UPD
> and have had no issues with BSODs. I cannot vouch for the increase in
> traffic because we don't have much in the way of bandwidth restrictions.
> Personally, I think that the PCL 6 drivers are much better
> written now than
> in the past, specifically with HP printers.
>
> -Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jeremy Thomas
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 2:53 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
>
> PCL5e tends to be more stable and manageable than PCL6, and it should also
> produce less network traffic than any other driver.
>
> I once saw an extremely good study of printer drivers (It's amazing what
> people will do to justify enough work for a contract extension), and PCL 5
> won on both bandwidth and stability, but not by much.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Jason Benway
> Sent: Friday 3 September 2004 19:19
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
>
> If you had a chose on which to install on a citrix server, which one would
> you chose and why? I need to add the HP LJ 1300n driver not sure
> if I should
> use the 5e or 6
>
> Thanks,jb
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