PCL drivers 1

[jozmo]

This is a general question about pcl drivers.
Is there such a thing as just a pcl driver? I know there are pcl 5e and pcl 6 drivers but never heard of or could find just pcl on HP's web site.

Someone I work with swears that there is such a thing as just a pcl driver.

Thanks

 

[DansDadUK]

No

PCL started off as a very primitive page control language, and evolved over the years through a number of iterations, from PCL1 through to PCL4 (HP LaserJet II), PCL5 (HP LaserJet III) to PCL5e (enhanced, LaserJet 4 onwards).

Most modern LaserJet devices support PCL5e, and also PCL6, but the latter is not an enhanced version of PCL5e, it is an entirely different language.

 

[HamishZA]

Well PCL1 probably wasn't called PCL1 at the time, since 1st editions of anything don't usually get a number. It would have become known as PCL1 retrospectively once PCL2 came out. So maybe PCL1 could be what they mean by "just" PCL? But it's something like 20 years old.

 

[HamishZA]

Here's a history of PCL