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mae@umich.edu (Michael Africa) wrote:

>Hello alll,

>I have a client that bought some HP DesignJet plotters from us
>(specifically, the 350 and 750 models.)  We sell them to be used on PC
>machines running Windows but he's decided to use them on some UNIX boxes
>running Solaris 2.5.1.

>The problem is that when he sends and print jobs to the plotter, the
>receive light blinks on and off like the plotter is getting the data but
>nothing ever gets printed.

>I've called HP but they haven't been helpful.  One tech support guy said
>that the Windows drivers can be used on Solaris but I didn't really
>understand what he meant by that.

>Any help that anyone can give me will be very much appreciated.

>TIA
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We are running CAD/CAM apps on solaris 2.5 we plot using HP Jetdirect
software without difficulty. What type of app's are your client trying
to get output from ?


Greg Bell
gsbell@mindspring.com
Synergis Technologies Group