HP LaserJet 4p

Hey all,

I have been trying to get my HPLJ4P to work on my suse 10.3, it works under
umuntu and windows fine. In fact I have used it well for years under
redhat. I just get almost Postscript garbage out. I tried the hp-setup and

On 2007-11-25, Matthew Jollon <mjjollon@optonline.net> wrote:
> I have been trying to get my HPLJ4P to work on my suse 10.3, it works
under
> umuntu and windows fine. In fact I have used it well for years under
> redhat. I just get almost Postscript garbage out. I tried the hp-setup and
> pretty much all that I could figure out. any ideas???

I haven't set up a printer under 10.3 yet, I think.
I did use an HP Laserjet 4 under 10.0. Now switched to LJ 4000.

The listed HP laserjet 4 driver works like a charm. Just avoid Postscript,
use PCL for that model.

Given some time, I'll try the LJ4 driver on my laptop, which has 10.3.
But how do you connect? Centronics or network ?

PS: I never used the hp-setup tool; no sure it's very usefull here.

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Rikishi 42 wrote:

> On 2007-11-25, Matthew Jollon <mjjollon@optonline.net> wrote:
>> I have been trying to get my HPLJ4P to work on my suse 10.3, it works
>> under umuntu and windows fine. In fact I have used it well for years
>> under redhat. I just get almost Postscript garbage out. I tried the
>> hp-setup and pretty much all that I could figure out. any ideas???
> 
> I haven't set up a printer under 10.3 yet, I think.
> I did use an HP Laserjet 4 under 10.0. Now switched to LJ 4000.
> 
> The listed HP laserjet 4 driver works like a charm. Just avoid Postscript,
> use PCL for that model.
> 
> Given some time, I'll try the LJ4 driver on my laptop, which has 10.3.
> But how do you connect? Centronics or network ?
> 
> PS: I never used the hp-setup tool; no sure it's very usefull here.
> 
I have used this printer in the past with no problem even the other distros
configure it under hp-setup with no problem. Funny thing is if I set it up
under a windoze box and remote print to it, it is fine. I tried every
driver that hp offered for a pdd, no go, just crap prints. My all in one,
5610v is fine, printing, fax and scanner, although once a day I have to
start the printer.

Matthew Jollon wrote:

> Hey all,
> 
> I have been trying to get my HPLJ4P to work on my suse 10.3, it works
> under umuntu and windows fine. In fact I have used it well for years under
> redhat. I just get almost Postscript garbage out. I tried the hp-setup and
> pretty much all that I could figure out. any ideas???
Have you looked at the gutenprint ppd. I know my HP2P and 3P both worked
fine with them under 10.1 and 10.3. The last of my HP lasers died and I'm
now used a Xerox Phaser under 10.2 and 10.3 with no problems. 
-- 
Russ

On 2007-11-26, Matthew Jollon <mjjollon@optonline.net> wrote:
>> I haven't set up a printer under 10.3 yet, I think.
>> I did use an HP Laserjet 4 under 10.0. Now switched to LJ 4000.
>> 
>> The listed HP laserjet 4 driver works like a charm. Just avoid
Postscript,
>> use PCL for that model.
>> 
>> Given some time, I'll try the LJ4 driver on my laptop, which has 10.3.
>> But how do you connect? Centronics or network ?
>> 
>> PS: I never used the hp-setup tool; no sure it's very usefull here.
>> 
> I have used this printer in the past with no problem even the other
distros
> configure it under hp-setup with no problem. Funny thing is if I set it up
> under a windoze box and remote print to it, it is fine. I tried every
> driver that hp offered for a pdd, no go, just crap prints. My all in one,
> 5610v is fine, printing, fax and scanner, although once a day I have to
> start the printer.
> I did try a fresh copy of 10.3 on a new drive and got the same results.

Well, I just tried the driver. Setup a 'HP Laserejet 4 / Foomatic' driver to
print, using LPD network printing, to my laser.

The printer isn't really a LJ4, however, it's an LJ 4000.

It worked like a charm, actually faster then my 10.0 setup does. Probably a
more efficient driver, in PCL. Less work for the printer.

Now, of course, priting to another printer doesn't mean much. But the driver
works, that's for sure. And I never touched the hp-setup tool.

Did you use the same interface (LPD) ?



-- 
There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying.
The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.