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From: Akshat Kumar <akumar@mail.nanosouffle.net>
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Subject: [9fans] HP: Printing with the Illiterate
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Wonderful, yes, it would be to print papers
from my HP Officejet 5610 through my
Plan 9 computers. However, the printer
reads only HP's (proprietary?) PDL, called
PCL (Printer Command Language)[1][2].
Viz., it does not understand Postscript.
Any suggestions on getting Plan 9 to print
on this?


Best,
ak

P.S.: Linux has some PPDs for this printer.

P.P.S: I don't know anything about PPDs.

[1] "HP PCL Level 3" - http://ln-s.net/3ufe
  (hp.com - see "Additional specifications")

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_Command_Language