ppd files and printer with 2 emulations

[Michael Sweet]

Teruel de Campo wrote:
> I have an IBM 4039 12 R that has (1) ps level 1 (2) pcl 5 emulations.
> I got the ESP software because the printer driver was included. The
> ppd file was for the PS level 1 emulation. Even that the file was
> correct the PS is so slow that is unusable. This is not related to
> the ppd file but to the printer. I also created a printer using the
> pcl5 emulation with the generic PCL_5_Printer-gimp-print.ppd.gz. This
> one works great however it does not use the feature of the printer.
> The only one I am interested is duplex. Is there a way to modify the
> pcl5 ppd files and add the duplex features for this printer? Is there
> any way to "merge" the ps ppd file that came with ESP into this pcl5
> generic?   I wish ESP  would have both emulation but...

Try the HP LaserJet 4 Series PCL driver (or with CUPS, the HP LaserJet
Series driver), which supports all of the standard PCL laser printer
stuff including duplexing.

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