Obsolete printers and Windows XP Pro

[M Skabialka]

An HP Laserjet 4 printer was returned to us from an outlying office, not
used it years. I found drivers at HP for Windows XP, and was able to print
a test page.

What is the difference between a HP Laserjet 4 and a HP Laserjet 4 PS?

In other words, what does PostScript get you? If I issued this printer to
an employee using Windows XP Pro, would he be able to print anything? If
not, what can't he print?

i.e. - is this a boat anchor?

Thanks,
Mich

 

[Cari \(MS-MVP\)]

See:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;293378

LaserJet 4 and LaserJet 4 PS both have drivers included in XP. So do rather
a lot of other LaserJets.

 

[Bob I]

An HP Laserjet 4 printer was returned to us from an outlying office, not
used it years. I found drivers at HP for Windows XP, and was able to print
a test page.

What is the difference between a HP Laserjet 4 and a HP Laserjet 4 PS?

In other words, what does PostScript get you? If I issued this printer to
an employee using Windows XP Pro, would he be able to print anything? If
not, what can't he print?

Color HP 4 printers work just fine with Xp

 

[Arkady Renko]

An HP Laserjet 4 printer was returned to us from an outlying office, not
used it years. I found drivers at HP for Windows XP, and was able to print
a test page.

What is the difference between a HP Laserjet 4 and a HP Laserjet 4 PS?

In other words, what does PostScript get you? If I issued this printer to
an employee using Windows XP Pro, would he be able to print anything? If
not, what can't he print?

i.e. - is this a boat anchor?

Thanks,
Mich

We use a HP LaserJet 4 here, have done for years and continue to use it
day to day. They're a fantastic printer, and are supported natively in
XP. Coincidentally we prefer to use the PCL drivers but a good
discourse on the differences is available for you at
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Hardware/Printers/Q_20001240.html [Mind
the popup]

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[Yves Leclerc]

Postscript is a different printer control language from Adobe (??) It allows
you to add "programming" logic directly to the printer. (That's all I know!)