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HP LaserJet 3P w/PS
 
Black & White laser printer, max. 300x300 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended Driver: Postscript (Home page, View PPD, directly download PPD)
Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler
 

Comments

For basic printing functionality use the HPIJS driver . For advanced functionality such as printer status and maintenance features, use the HPLIP driver (which includes HPIJS).

This printer only works "Perfectly" in the PCL mode (ljet3/ljet3d Ghostscript drivers).

Same as a IIIP, just with a postscript cartridge.

Under Red Hat "install a printer" and select "PostScript" as the printer.

lpr installs and uses the Gnu Magicfilter by default.

High quality print.

Some pdf documents do not translate to a PostScript file that this printer can print, even if Level 1 is explicitly selected on the xpdf command line. Same result with Adobe Acroreader. May be related to the age of the PS cartridge (1991).

The old PS cartdrige cannot handle the output of some recent applications.

Using the ljet3 and ljet3d Ghostscript drivers can speed up printing because your PC can do the converting from PS to ljet much faster than the PS Cartridge

In PS mode, input trays can be selected by the following PS command: 'statusdict /setpapertray known {statusdict begin 0 setpapertray end} if {} pop' where '0' is the first tray, '1' the second.

Consumables/Refills: Toner cartridge $80

Drivers

The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:

Recommended driver:

 
Postscript  (driver home page)
 
This driver is free software.
Type: PostScript
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

Other drivers:

 
gimp-print  (driver home page)
 
This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint
This driver is free software.
Type: CUPS Raster
 

 
gutenprint  (driver home page)
 
Top Quality Printer Drivers for inkjets, dye sublimation printers, and PCL lasers
Supplier: Gutenprint project
License: GPL (free software)
User support:Gutenprint mailing list at SourceForge (voluntary)
Color output   Type: CUPS Raster
Text:||||||||||  90Graphics:||||||||||  100System Load:Unknown
Line Art:||||||||||  90Photo:||||||||||  100Speed:||||||||||  60
Download:Driver packages: x86 32 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed), x86 64 bit: 5.2.7 (RPM for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.2.7 (DEB for LSB 3.2) (Signed), 5.0.1 (RPM for LSB 3.1) (Signed), 5.0.1 (DEB for LSB 3.1) (Signed) (How to install)
 

 
ljet3  (driver home page)
 
Prints faster with ljet3. Recent applications print successfully with this driver.
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD
 

 
ljet3d  (driver home page)
 
Same as ljet3 but activates duplex mode. (Cannot be activated by PS code because Ghostscript ignores this?)
This driver is free software.
Type: Ghostscript built-in
Download:PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD