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The HP Laserjet 2100 M (PCL and PostScript) is still running. Someone interested into the original PCL Language book which came with the printer?
by outsidein 5y ago
The HP Laserjet 2100 M (PCL and PostScript) is still running.
Someone interested into the original PCL Language book which came with the printer?
- tinus_hn 5y agoBe aware that these old HP printers consume a rather large amount of energy no matter whether they are in use or in standby.
- outsidein 5y agoSure. It is disconnected from power 99.9% of the time. I only fire it up when required. For convenience I used a dedicated external network print server (you know, the printer is centronics only, and centronics long ago vanished for thevsake of usb on PCs). This print server consumed about 10-20 watt, much more than the printer which was actually one of the first with power saving / standby. The print server has been replaced by an usb-2-centronics dongle recently to reduce energy consumption further. An about 25 year old laser printer running almost flawlessly mechanically, with latest MacOS and Windows 10 OS, supporting PCL6 and PS is a thing. He is on the 3rd toner cartridge (at least 5 years old). Only needed for rare cases of government mandated written docs like passenger locator forms. Paper transport has been unreliable almost from day 1 based on dried up rolls and paper.