I have an architects office with 2 windows & 2 mac workstations. They print to a HP Laserjet 5M and plot to a HP Designjet 500 with HPGL/2 and postscript. I attached both HP devices via HP Jetdirect 170 printserver. I configured all stations using IP printing. The Laser printer functions fine from both the WIN and MAC stations. I can plot from the WIN stations to the Designjet but not the MAC stations.
The MAC stations appear to be working, after data is sent they show "processing" on the LCD display but nothing is plotted. I have tried the latest MAC driver downloaded from HP's site, I have tried Apple's generic postscript.
It appears to be a driver issue but I am at a loss at what to do next. I am a Window CAD person, not a MAC guru.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Michelle
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If the machines are running OS9 or earlier and you have the money to burn, the "official" HP method is to use MacPlot Pro from
http://www.macroenter.com
I've never used that solution so I can't vouch for it's effectiveness, however.
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by: merosPosted on 2004-06-02 at 06:43:21ID: 11212233
I use a DesignJet 500 at work. No GL/2, no postscript. If you dont mind an increase of time due to the software doing the rasterization do the following to get the plotter printing from the mac (assuming you are using OS X)
1) Download and Install gimp-print http://gimp-print.sourcefo
2) Get this driver http://www.buymelunch.com/
3) Install the plotter as a LPR Printer using the PPD provided by the installer linked to above.
It's not an officially HP Supported driver, but then again, there ARE no officially HP supported drivers for the 500. I've been using this rig with InDesign, Illustrator, and Quark for research posters and it's worked without a hitch. The only exception being, as I said before, an increased time to process the print.