I have a HP 5MP having some paper feed problems.

If I can't fix that, I might be able to get a HP 5P.

Since I particularly need Postscript, can I just transfer the PS SIMM
and convert the 5P to a 5 MP?

(I notice the 5MP has an AppleTalk connector alongside the parallel --
does the 5P have that too? I don't need the AppleTalk, but if the 5P
has that it would be a good indicator that it only needed the SIMM to
become a 5MP.)
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On Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:56:19 +0800, Alan <none@none.com> wrote:


I was snooping around a used printer shop and found a 5P.
It does have the AppleTalk port.

So I feel pretty sure the 5P can be upgraded to the 5MP -- but can
anyone confirm this?

Also I found a 6MP. They use the same toner carts as the 5P, so this
is also a possibility (I don't want to throw away an almost new toner
cart).

Does anyone have any comment on the differences between the 5P and 6P
models?
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Alan <none@none.com> wrote:
printerworks.com shows the C3152A PostScript SIMM for the 5P, and says
you also need at least one 2M RAM SIMM.

Running free Ghostscript on a plain 5P might provide equal or better
performance than native PostScript.

--
Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota * USA

Alan <none@none.com> wrote:

I have a 6MP, but as far as I can tell from the manual, the only
difference between the 6P and 6MP is the addition of the Postscript
SIMM. The 6P already had the AppleTalk port (and all necessary
hardware).

I'm less familiar with the 5P but after looking at the HP web site I can
confirm it is the same.

<http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport....jsp?objectID=
bpm00994&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&contentType=Supp ortFAQ&prodSeriesId=25
481&prodTypeId=18972>

The only significant difference is the print engine speed. The 6MP is 8
pages per minute, the 5MP is 6 pages per minute.

This page compares the 5P and 6P (and the 2100).

<http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport....jsp?objectID=
bpl06599&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=135&contentType=Supp ortFAQ&prodSeriesId=25
481&prodTypeId=18972>

--
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz

"David Empson" <dempson@actrix.gen.nz> wrote in message
news:1ifpmax.1pwdcuu7gk05N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz.. .
I've used an HP5p for about 11 or 12 years without a single minute of down
time. I moved up to an HP 3005 as I use it for business documents and
wanted the much higher speed. I also wanted a new printer to avoid the
probability of down time with an older printer. The HP5p is sitting on a
shelf with an unopened additional new HP cartridge. It worked just fine
when I retired it about four months ago, and it needs to find a new home!

On 19 Apr 2008 17:26:01 GMT, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

Yes, I would transplant the RAM too, of course.

Not really. I've done that before on PCL lasers, it works, but not as
well.
While GhostScript can certainly translate PS into PCL, the resulting
file is much larger than the PS file (for my applications at least),
and it takes noticeably longer to send each page through the parallel
port, resulting in a lower pps. With PS it easily runs at the maximum
speed of the printing engine.

One thing I do is load fonts into the printer VM, so they do not have
to be part of each job. So most text pages come to about 20k.

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On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:48:37 GMT, "Burt" <nospam@pacbell.net> wrote:

If that's an offer, thanks, but I'm in Hong Kong so it isn't really
practical.



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dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote in
news:1ifpmax.1pwdcuu7gk05N%dempson@actrix.gen.nz:

I have had both a 5MP and a 6MP - they are very similar (use same toner
and memory), except that the 6MP is faster. The PS SIMM looks a bit
different between the two, so I am not sure if you could move this
between a 5 and a 6. I took the PS SIMMs out of both, as I find that PCL
works faster/better for my uses - especially PCL 6, which does more
compression on the data than PCL 5. Sometimes when printing things like
PDF files that contain more or less native PS, I have seen people get
different (possibly better) results if they use the PS drivers.

Most paper feed problems on HP printers are related to the rubber
rollers wearing out. Cleaning can sometimes help, but it is usually
better to put in replacement rollers (a much easier job now on newer
models than the 5/6). The rollers don't look much different when they
are worn out (just a bit shinier in some areas).