HP LaserJet 4 with PostScript Level 2 installed

Helge Blischke h.blischke at acm.org
Thu Oct 8 02:17:11 PDT 2009


al wrote:

> I have an old HP LaserJet 4 that has the PostScript Level 2 installed.
> I recently installed Ubuntu Jaunty
> Setting up the printer using CUPS I selected my usual LaserJet 4 with
> postscript. On printing the CUPS test page it lists the Interpreter
> Information as:
> 
> PostScript: Level 3
> Version: 3010 (864)
> Product: GPL Ghostscript
> Serial #: 42
> 
> On an older system running KDE I have, on printing the CUPS test page:
> 
> Interpreter Information:
> 
> PostScript: Level 2
> Version: 2011.110 (1)
> Product: LaserJet 4
> Serial #: 0
> 
> The Jaunty PS level 3 does not seem to work properly and I would like to
> use the older interpreter that specifies PS level 2.
> 
> I am unclear on how to do this.
> 
> I did try specifying a PPD but when I print a test page - out pops the PS
> level 3.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> Al

You probably picked up a PPD specifying foomatic-rip as the final filter for 
the printer. Try to get the PS PPD from www.openprinting.org.

Helge





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