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- PCL Printing Instructions 20 Mar 91
-
- If you are reading this mail file as received, it is a "shar" (shell
- archive). It contains two files: these instructions, and a uuencoded file
- containing the L-Z compressed PCL-3 download image of a typeset Rock Ridge
- document.
-
- 0. Save this mail message in a file, assumed to be named "/tmp/file.shar"
- for the purposes of these instructions.
-
- 1. Unpack the shar.
-
- Remove everything above the line containing "# This is a shell archive".
- Insert one blank line. On a Unix system or other system with a Bourne
- shell command line interpreter, execute:
-
- /bin/sh /tmp/file.shar
-
- 2. uudecode the second (pcl.Z) file.
-
- The shar contains a version of uudecode and will automatically compile
- and execute it.
-
- 3. Uncompress the pcl.Z file (assumed to be xyzzy.pcl.Z).
-
- uncompress xyzzy.pcl.Z
-
- 4. Print the file.
-
- You will need a LaserJet Plus or other HP-PCL level 3 compatible printer
- with at least 512 Kbytes of RAM. The original LaserJet does not support
- font downloads. Double-sided printers may require more RAM (or may need
- to be temporarily reconfigured for single-sided operation).
-
- Your system's printer driver and spooler need to support transparent
- 8-bit I/O and need to provide a "raw" or "uncooked" mode. On an HP-UX
- system, the appropriate command would be (assuming the printer is "lp"):
-
- lp -oraw xyzzy.pcl
-
- The *.pcl file contains escape sequences that will delete some or all of
- any existing downloaded fonts in your printer. No font cartridges are
- required or used. The *.pcl file contains all soft fonts needed by each
- document. These are downloaded into the printer as part of the data
- stream, and will remain as "permanent" soft fonts after the printing
- completes. If your system has a font manager, reset it after printing
- the *.pcl files.
-
- Regards, Hewlett-Packard
- Bob Niland 3404 East Harmony Road
- Internet: rjn@FC.HP.COM Fort Collins
- UUCP: hplabs!hpfcrjn!rjn CO 80525-9599
- AT&T: (303) 229-4014 atten: Bob Niland MS66
-