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PS -> PCL mode switching on HPLJII

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From: Alan Richardson
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 07:51
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  Hi! My problem concerns mode switching on a HP LaserJet II
with an Adobe PostScript cartridge.

  At present, to switch between PCL and PostScript modes I have to
use the printer control panel which as you can guess is a pain.
Ideally I want to do this remotely using software. I can get from
PCL to PS OK by sending a short escape sequence. However the 
PostScript file we have on our system intended to change from
PS to PCL doesn't appear to work; it is:


     serverdict begin 0 exitserver
     statusdict begin 1 setsoftwareiomode
     end


  I don't have access to the cartridge manual so I can't figure out why
the printer stays in PS mode. Any help with this problem would be
terrific.

  Cheers!
-- 
Alan Richardson,                             * "You don't have to be *
School of Maths & Physical Sciences,         *  old to be wise"      *
Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, ENGLAND   * ******Judas Priest*****
UK: mppa3@uk.ac.sussex.syma         elsewhere: mppa3@syma.sussex.ac.uk
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From: mppa3@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Alan Richardson)
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Subject: PS -> PCL mode switching on HPLJII
Message-ID: <1992Oct7.075153.10102@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
Date: 7 Oct 92 07:51:53 GMT
Sender: mppa3@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Alan Richardson)
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