Hewlett-Packard LaserJets II, III, IIISi, 3005, 4, 4Si, 4Plus, 4V, 4000, 5200, 5Si/5Si MX, 5Si Mopier, 4700 Color, 8000 Color, and 8500 Color

Product specific information for each printer and queue system is provided.

Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printers can print on paper other than the default 8-1/2 by 11 inch size. The paper size can be changed using SMIT. To change paper size for a single print job, specify the -Q flag with the qprt command.

To print more lines per page than the line space allows (6 or 8 lines per inch), specify the number of lines per page. The line spacing is compressed to allow the larger number of lines to fit on a page. For example, if the lines spacing is 6 lines per inch, entering the command qprt -l 66 FileName causes the file specified by the FileName parameter to print at 66 lines per page instead of the default 60 lines per page.

The HP LaserJet III, IIISi, and 4 support the following fonts and pitches:
Fonts Allowed Pitches
courier font 10, 12, or 17 pitch
courier-bold font 10 or 12 pitch
courier-italic font 10 or 12 pitch
lineprinter font 17 pitch

For example, entering the command qprt -s Lineprinter -p 17 FileName causes the file FileName to be printed in lineprinter font at 17 pitch (17 characters per inch).

Attaching a Hewlett-Packard LaserJet printer to an RS-422A serial port requires a special cable. You can construct the cable using the following pin-out information:
Socket Connector (System End) Signal Pin Connector (Device End)
shell Shield Ground 1
2 TxA 3
3 RxA 9
4 TxB 18
5 RxB 10
7 Signal Ground 7