Re: Any cheap postscript laser printers for linux ?

On 2007-09-22, Linux Advocate <> wrote:
Mark Hobley wrote:
Scott Hemphill <hemphill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've had a LaserJet 4MP in operation since 1994. (I think the "M" in
the name stands for Macintosh, i.e. PostScript.)

Maybe the P indicates postscript. Mine are Laserjet 4L and 4M and neither
support postscript natively.

Mark.



HP Manual, support docs, complete descriptions for the serial numbers
and options are here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=bpl01152&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN#N10363


Right should've read you mail first, I guess.

Let's see... yup, got it right!
The usual LJ 4 would print as 6 or 8 ppm. But the P model is reduced to 4
ppm.


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