HPIIISi mem overflow errors

[Mip]

Hey Gang,

I've just got my HPIIISi up and running at my school. Unfortunately, the printer can't quite finish printing the Linux Mandrake print test page, and shows a mem overflow error.

The printer has 1 mb of ram in it. Although I could probably buy more ram for it, is this necessary? Does anyone know a way to make a print job more manageable?

It even generated the error when I printed a file with 120 lines of text (no graphics):

This is a little test. This is a little test. This is a little test.

The printer only does PCL, not PS.

Thanks in advance,

M

[pbharris]

hello,
mandrake uses cups for a printer stuff - you may wish to look here
http://www.cups.org/also if there is more than one driver for the printer i would try one of those...

[Mip]

Yeah, I've been working with cups, and have been reading a bunch from that site. I didn't see anything particular about the HPIIIsi.

Maybe I missed something? If my printer does PCL (and I think it says 5 on the front panel), but not PS, should I be using a different driver than the generic HP Laserjets (the new ones I assume do PS)?

Thanks,

M

[pbharris]

i thought all HP laser printers did standard PS.

[popcorn]

i thought all HP laser printers did standard PS. *

The earlier LaserJets had PS as an addon module. The LJIIIsi uses PCL5 unless you have this module.

[Mip]

Yeah, that's right. It says PCL 5 on the front panel.

What's the best driver to use? Will the mem overflow problem be resolved with more memory? How much more? I could get it in 8 mb sticks, for about $17 per stick.

Thanks,

M

[Mip]

I should add that I'd rather not spend the money on the printer if I can get it working (albeit slowly) without extra memory.

The printer used to be an office workhorse. Surely it could print lines of text and simple graphics.

M

[Mip]

Well, after reading a bit more, I figured it was worth the risk to go for more ram. I'll let you know how it turns out - should be about a week...

M