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| Black & White laser printer, max. 600x600 dpi, works Perfectly |  | ||||||||||||||
| Recommended Driver: ljet4 (Home page, View PPD, directly download PPD) | |||||||||||||||
| Generic Instructions: CUPS, no spooler | |||||||||||||||
Miscellaneous
Printer supports PJL.
Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.
Comments
For basic printing functionality use the "ljet4" or the HPIJS driver . For advanced functionality such as printer status and maintenance features, use the HPLIP driver (which includes HPIJS but works also together with "ljet4").
Remember that the 5L is more like the LaserJet 4 family than the LaserJet 5 family (as with most "L" printers from HP). For example it does not work with the "lj5gray" drivers but only with the "ljet4" or "lj4dith" drivers (and Gimp-Print or HPIJS).
Getting more RAM is highly recommended; with only the standard 1Meg you may be unable to print some jobs. It is recommended to stay at 300 dpi without extra memory, and on that resolution "ljet4" is the better driver than HPIJS.
Consumables/Refills: Toner ($50-60)
Drivers
The following driver(s) are known to drive this printer:
Recommended driver:
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Built-in Ghostscript driver for PCL 5e laser printers
Supplier: GPL Ghostscript License: GPL (free software) | ||||||||||||||||
| User support: | OpenPrinting forums (voluntary) | |||||||||||||||
| Max. rendering resolution: 600x600dpi Only monochrome output Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
| Text: | |||||||||| 90 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 60 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
| Line Art: | |||||||||| 90 | Photo: | |||||||||| 30 | Speed: | |||||||||| 90 | |||||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||
Other drivers:
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| This driver is obsolete. Recommended replacement driver: gutenprint | ||||||||||||||||
| This driver is free software. | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: CUPS Raster | ||||||||||||||||
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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: | |||||||||| 90 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
| Line Art: | |||||||||| 90 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | |||||||||| 60 | |||||||||||
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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: | |||||||||| 100 | Graphics: | |||||||||| 100 | System Load: | Unknown | |||||||||||
| Line Art: | |||||||||| 100 | Photo: | |||||||||| 100 | Speed: | |||||||||| 70 | |||||||||||
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| This driver is free software. | ||||||||||||||||
| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||
| Download: | PPD file: View PPD, directly download PPD | |||||||||||||||
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| Type: Ghostscript built-in | ||||||||||||||||