[PROBLEMA] Hp Laserjet 5L

[Bizkaiko]

Salve a tutti.
Ho un problema con una stampante Hp Laserjet 5L.
La stampante è condivisa da vari computer, e con 4 di questi non ha mai avuto problemi; dal quinto pc (un portatile, con configurazione identica agli altri, con WinXP) quando provo a lanciare una stampa un po' corposa si blocca dopo 4 pagine.
Premetto che con questo portatile ha sempre avuto dei problemi, atnt'è che con i driver anche più recenti non veniva nemmeno riconosciuta, e che per usarla almeno per le stampe "semplici" abbiamo dovuto installare i driver della 4L.
Qualcuno ha idea del perchè, o di come risolverlo?
Grazie in anticipo

[leagle]

è da un a settimana che tento di far funzionare bene una HP laserjet 5L con winXP, poi ho scoperto che è praticamente impossibile......ti riporto la spiegazione in inglese perchè sono stanco e non ho voglia di tradurlo, io ho molto parzialmente risolto installandola come "5P" invece di 5L.


> I recently upgraded my CPU from Windows 95 to Windows XP
> (Home Edition) and now my HP LaserJet 5L Xtra doesn't
> work. When printing a Word 97 document, the green lights
> light up and then go to the yellow light. I have to push
> the printer button to get it to start. It then prints
> the top 2/3rds of the first page of the document, cuts
> off the page, and prints the bottom 3rd of the document
> on a 2nd page. HP was no help, saying there was no
> special driver to download, and XP setup indicates it has
> the correct driver!?! The 5L has been a great printer.
> Do I need to move on to a new printer or can someone help
> me with a fix?


The story is as follows:
- The HP Laserjet 5L (or 6L) comes with a built-in memory of 1 Mo
only.
- This is OK to print "pure text" pages which are usually well below
that size, but it means that the printer is unable to print anything
bigger than 1 Mo. For example: graphics, etc.
- To overcome this problem, HP has developed a special driver, which
you use to replace the standard PCL driver. It is called the Host
Driver, and it uses the computer's own memory to "prepare" the page
before sending it to the printer, which means that there is no limit
to the size of the page you are able to print. GREAT !
- This Host Driver works with Windows 9x and ME, but NOT WITH XP...
and there is no sign that HP are going to develop an XP version. So,
what you get either from the Windows XP installation disk or from the
HP internet site is the standard PCL5 driver, which works fine as long
as the page you want to print does not exceed the 1 Mo limit...
- Another possibility to print large-sized pages with XP is to buy an
8 Mo memory card for the 5L/6L... Unfortunately (again!) those cards
are very difficult to find on the market AND are very expensive...

- Conclusion: it seems that HP 5L/6L owners are stuck in a dead-end...

- One awkward solution I am using: install a dual-boot on your machine
to keep Windows ME on one partition and XP on another... Whenever you
have to print extra-large pages on your HP L5/L6, boot into ME instead
of XP...

- Hope that helps...

[Bizkaiko]

Grazie mille, adesso provo anch'io