[THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
- From: Jeff Soules <jsoules@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:45:39 -0400
> 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.
How do you decide what to map in order to limit this number -- mapping
printers to related members of the same family? Or something more sneaky?
We've been having issues especially with the 4 series (4200, 4800, 4050,
etc). Though it could be those just happen to be the printers our clients
use.
> 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?
Well, we've been installing the latest available versions from HP's website.
I haven't seen anything that specifically labels them as especially TS
compatible, but they're the most up-to-date driver versions available.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of msemon@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:52 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Pcl 5e VS pcl 6
>
>
> 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
>
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> 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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