11 Jun
2011
11 Jun
'11
1:59 a.m.
Is it possible to change a 6P into a 6MP by adding a Postscript SIMM?
If so do the RAM and PS from a 5MP work in a 6P? Just wondering
about 6P I picked up as a spare, as my current Laser is a 5MP (and I
like the PostScript capabilities), I figure it's good to know these
things ahead of time.
Zane
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9:27 a.m.
I think you'd need to upgrade the font's as well.. I have a 4Plus which
I upgraded to a 4MP with a ram upgrade and a Postscript Cartridge
plugged into the front slot. I already had a Jet Direct card in it
that had besides the 10bt port, an Apple Localtalk port on it, so it was
set to work on a localtalk network too.... You need the RAM to support
the postscript, but you still need the Postscript as well.....
Eric Smith wrote:
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is it possible to change a 6P into a 6MP by
adding a Postscript SIMM?
Yes.
If so do the RAM and PS from a 5MP work in a 6P?
I think the RAM will work, but unfortunately not the PS.
8:59 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is it possible to change a 6P into a 6MP by adding a
Postscript SIMM?
I wrote:
I think the RAM will work, but unfortunately not the
PS.
Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
I think you'd need to upgrade the font's as
well..
On the 5P/5MP and 6P/6MP, the base PCL fonts are in the "mainframe" ROM
inside the printer, and the base Postscript fonts are in the Postscript
SIMM. If you add the appropriate Postscript SIMM to the printer, you'll
have the necessary base fonts. You can install font SIMMs as well, but
I've never seen them. The font SIMMs work with PCL, but I'm not sure
whether Postscript supports them. For Postscript you're far better off
installing some RAM SIMMs and downloading any fonts you want to use.
Both the 5M/MP and 6M/MP can use the same DRAM SIMMs, but need different
Postscript SIMMs, because the 5P/5MP use a 20 MHz MCF5102 ColdFire
processor, while the 6P/6MP use a 25 MHz Intel 80960JF processor. The
Postscript SIMM for the 5P is the C3152A (service P/N C3152-67901),
while the Postscript SIMM for the 6P is the C3987A (service P/N
C3987-67901). Either can be found for around $50, though at that price
you may be better off buying a newer printer.
11:37 p.m.
At 5:59 PM -0700 6/11/11, Eric Smith wrote:
Both the 5M/MP and 6M/MP can use the same DRAM SIMMs,
but need
different Postscript SIMMs, because the 5P/5MP use a 20 MHz MCF5102
ColdFire processor, while the 6P/6MP use a 25 MHz Intel 80960JF
processor. The Postscript SIMM for the 5P is the C3152A (service
P/N C3152-67901), while the Postscript SIMM for the 6P is the C3987A
(service P/N C3987-67901). Either can be found for around $50,
though at that price you may be better off buying a newer printer.
The 6P is going to be a "ready spare" for the 5MP that I bought new
back in '96. If need be I can live without the Postscript, that just
makes things difficult for VMS.
Zane
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12:53 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is it possible to change a 6P into a 6MP by adding a
Postscript SIMM?
If so do the RAM and PS from a 5MP work in a 6P? Just wondering about
6P I picked up as a spare, as my current Laser is a 5MP (and I like
the PostScript capabilities), I figure it's good to know these things
ahead of time.
Zane
Google search found the answer:
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=10944762…
"Remove the left side cover. There is a Postscript SIMM module there.
Remove that Module and install it in the LJ 6MP and you are set."
"The LJ 6MP will support mac and Linux/Unix system right out of the box.
The LJ 6MP will also do better with Adobe. As you noticed, the LJ 6P has
2 MB RAM vs LJ 6MP has 3MB."
John :-#)#
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12 Jun
12 Jun
10:03 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is it possible to change a 6P into a 6MP by adding a
Postscript SIMM?
If so do the RAM and PS from a 5MP work in a 6P? Just wondering about
6P I picked up as a spare, as my current Laser is a 5MP (and I like
the PostScript capabilities), I figure it's good to know these things
ahead of time.
John Robertson wrote:
Google search found the answer:
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=10944762…
"Remove the left side cover. There is a Postscript SIMM module there.
Remove that Module and install it in the LJ 6MP and you are set."
Google search only found the answer to Zane's first question, but not
the second. That page says that you can take a Postscript SIMM from a
6MP and put it in a 6P (turning the former effectively into a 6P, and
the later into a 6MP).
That WILL NOT WORK when the donor is a 5MP and the recipient is a 6P, as
their Postscript SIMMs are NOT compatible.
"The LJ 6MP will support mac and Linux/Unix
system right out of the
box. The LJ 6MP will also do better with Adobe. As you noticed, the LJ
6P has 2 MB RAM vs LJ 6MP has 3MB."
The 5MP and 6MP have 1MB more RAM than the 5P and 6P because there is
1MB of RAM on the Postscript SIMM. Exclusive of the Postscript SIMM,
the corresponsing P and MP printer models are identical. The "M" in the
model number indicates that the Postscript SIMM was preinstalled at the
factory. When you see a P or MP in the field, you can't count on the
presence or absence of the M to mean anything, because the printer may
have been upgraded or downgraded in the field.
Eric
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