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OpenPrinting database - Printer: HP LaserJet 5M
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HP LaserJet 5M
BW laser printer, max. 600x600 dpi, works Perfectly
Recommended driver: hplip (Home page)
Generic instructions for: CUPSLPDLPRngPPRPDQno spooler

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Edited Notes

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).

Works fine.

User Notes

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Discussion forum

Look for help in our forum for printers from HP and Apollo.

Miscellaneous

Printer supports PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the `us-ascii' charset.
No known autodetection signatures.

Drivers

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

Recommended driver:

hplip  (driver home page)
  HP's driver suite for printers and multi-function devices
Supplier: Hewlett-Packard (this printer's manufacturer)
License: MIT/BSD/GPL (free software)
 
  User support:  HPLIP support and bug tracking system (voluntary)  
  Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi  Only monochrome output  Type: CUPS Raster  
  Text: 
Line art: 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
 Graphics: 
 Photo: 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
 System load: 
 Speed: 
Unknown
||||||||||||||||||||  70
 

Other drivers:

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: 
Line art: 
||||||||||||||||||||  90 
||||||||||||||||||||  90 
 Graphics: 
 Photo: 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
||||||||||||||||||||  100 
 System load: 
 Speed: 
Unknown
||||||||||||||||||||  60
 
  Download:  Driver packages: x86 32 bit (RPM for LSB 3.1), x86 32 bit (DEB for LSB 3.1), x86 32 bit (RPM for LSB 3.2), x86 32 bit (DEB for LSB 3.2), x86 64 bit (RPM for LSB 3.1), x86 64 bit (DEB for LSB 3.1), x86 64 bit (RPM for LSB 3.2), x86 64 bit (DEB for LSB 3.2) (How to install)
 

omni  (driver home page)
  This driver is free software.  
  Type: Ghostscript built-in  

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