Printing to a network printer

amifan · 09 February 2022, 02:50

Hi guys, I have a Brother HL-L2360D laser printer it has wifi and is connected to my router, I was hoping to print from my A1200 which is connected via LAN PCMCIA card. I installed the http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/NetParLpr - and then set the Printer in Preferences as Postscript. When I tried to print out a document from Multiview (a simple text file) the printer responded very quickly but spat out about 20 blank pages. Is there some other setting that I need to do from the Amiga side or would this be more from the printer side? When I researched about this printer it seems to support PostScript.

ptyerman · 09 February 2022, 23:17

I have a Kyocera laser printer that is connected to my network by a CAT5 network cable. I use the NetPrinter software on my Amiga's to print over the network to this printer. Almost all laser printers support PCL5 as well as Postscript and I just use the Amiga's LaserJet driver that is included with Workbench to print, it is a PCL5 driver and is much easier to set up and use than Postscript.

desiv · 09 February 2022, 23:48

I am not sure that printer is Postscript, but it might be PCL compatible.
Perhaps the most recent Laserjet driver???

amifan · 09 February 2022, 23:58

Thank you guys, I tried it with the HP LaserJet driver and it printed perfectly from MultiView, I will give it a try with FinalWriter but it works, thank you! It was such a simple fix, haha never would have thought of it.

desiv · 10 February 2022, 00:11

Actually, that reminds me I need to try that.
I haven't printed in a while from my Amiga, but I used to print to a Panasonic Laser printer (which wasn't PCL OR postscript) and I had to use Ghostscript on a Linux box for that.
But since then, we have acquired a Canon laser printer and that looks to be PCL, so I need to try that... ;-)

09 February 2022, 02:50	#1
amifan WhatIFF? Amiga Magazine Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Chiba, Japan Age: 46 Posts: 482	Printing to a network printer Hi guys, I have a Brother HL-L2360D laser printer it has wifi and is connected to my router, I was hoping to print from my A1200 which is connected via LAN PCMCIA card. I installed the http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/NetParLpr - and then set the Printer in Preferences as Postscript. When I tried to print out a document from Multiview (a simple text file) the printer responded very quickly but spat out about 20 blank pages. Is there some other setting that I need to do from the Amiga side or would this be more from the printer side? When I researched about this printer it seems to support PostScript.

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09 February 2022, 23:17	#2
ptyerman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Worksop/UK Age: 59 Posts: 1,328	I have a Kyocera laser printer that is connected to my network by a CAT5 network cable. I use the NetPrinter software on my Amiga's to print over the network to this printer. Almost all laser printers support PCL5 as well as Postscript and I just use the Amiga's LaserJet driver that is included with Workbench to print, it is a PCL5 driver and is much easier to set up and use than Postscript.

09 February 2022, 23:48	#3
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	I am not sure that printer is Postscript, but it might be PCL compatible. Perhaps the most recent Laserjet driver???

09 February 2022, 23:58	#4
amifan WhatIFF? Amiga Magazine Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Chiba, Japan Age: 46 Posts: 482	Thank you guys, I tried it with the HP LaserJet driver and it printed perfectly from MultiView, I will give it a try with FinalWriter but it works, thank you! It was such a simple fix, haha never would have thought of it.

10 February 2022, 00:11	#5
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	Actually, that reminds me I need to try that. I haven't printed in a while from my Amiga, but I used to print to a Panasonic Laser printer (which wasn't PCL OR postscript) and I had to use Ghostscript on a Linux box for that. But since then, we have acquired a Canon laser printer and that looks to be PCL, so I need to try that... ;-)

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