Re: [SLUG] best way to test a laserjet

[Jon Biddell <jon@xxxxxxxxx>]

> I've been offered a HP laserjet4 printer for $400
> (second hand of course).
> First off, is that good value?

The LaserJet III style was the best thing HP ever made - I have one at work 
that we can't kill (believe me, we've tried !!).

IMHO, they lost the plot with the 4 series as rad as reliability goes.

> Details on it are sketchy, I'm having a look at it tonight.
> Apparently it's got a centronics 50 type plug and a parallel
> port looking plug (my informant was unsure if it had an
> ethernet socket).  So I was hoping to bring along my
> laptop and do some test printing on it.
> I presume I can just add it in RH printtool (my laptop
> has redhat 6.2 on it at the moment).

The parallel-port IS a centronics ..:-)

> I mainly want to check it's a postscript printer (and
> that it all seems to work properly of course).
> What's the easiest way?
> Will creating a postscript file then just: cat file > /dev/printer
> be a good enough test?
> I'm not going to have much time to stuff around.

There is a menu setting that will print all the configuration - PRINT TEST 
I think it is...

I doubt if it's Postscript - probably early PCL, but you might get lucky..

Don't get me wrong, it's probably a good printer for personal use, but 
check the price of consumables before you pay for it..

Jon

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