Texas Instruments Microlaser Plus driver for Windows XP please

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Hubchy

I suppose there are none or merely a few of there venerable workhouses
still being used. However, have been given one by my brother who used
it at his work (where Windows 98 was the operating system). I'd like
to see if it still goes.

I've done a thorough web search which only suggests an HP emulating
driver might work.

Regards, Hubchy
 
I have a TI microlaser PS35 configured in Windows XP. I think the
driver is built into XP.

Dick Ballard
(e-mail address removed)
 
It would solve my problem very easily if the necessary driver is one
of those that is available from the (usually useless) list of device
drivers that come with Windows XP. Any idea which one it is?

Regards, Hubchy
 
I suppose there are none or merely a few of there venerable workhouses
still being used. However, have been given one by my brother who used
it at his work (where Windows 98 was the operating system). I'd like
to see if it still goes.

I've done a thorough web search which only suggests an HP emulating
driver might work.
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If you have a link to the specs (Google is giving me a million sites
selling toner) it'd be easier. Or print a status page from the control
panel which should tell you what it does, as well as the page count,
RAM etc.

I found this page which has "legacy support" for TI printers (I
wondered what had happened to them)
<http://www.tallygenicom.com/drivers/ti/ti-mlseries-drv.htm>
(You may have to fill in a form to see the page; if so no need to be
truthful.)
From that, It appears that it's probably a PCL4/PS2 printer.

If just PCL4, use the HPII driver.

If it has PS, try a PS driver, such as the HP4 PS driver.

And if it is a PS laser, there is a file of Adobe PPD files at
ftp://ftp.tallygenicom.com/pub/genicom/drivers/ti/ti.sit.hqx
These are for Mac, but will work with the Adobe PS driver if you
rename them with the .ppd suffix. These tell the driver exactly what
the printer can do, it's the best way to use a PS printer.
 
Hi

I bought a microlaser new back when. You had to use an HP driver. Did not have
it's own drivers. Not sure which one though.

Hope this helps

Greg Gerzanics
 
I just selected Add Printer in Control Panel/Printers & Faxes and
there is a long list of TI printers, including mine, a TI microLaser
PS35. However, I didn't see a Plus version listed. I don't remember
what the difference was for the Plus. I wonder if any of the other TI
listings would work. You might also check to see if Microsoft has an
extended list of drivers for XP that you could download.

Mine has the Postscript option (hence the PS35 with 35 Postscript
fonts), but if I want to use it in HPII emulation mode, I just use a
generic HPII driver which is listed as HP Laserjet Series II. That
mode seems to have fewer glitches with some documents.

I actually haven't used the printer much since I have newer stuff
online now, and the power supply has an intermittent problem. The
waste toner collection system needs cleaning periodically as well.
When it works, it still does a credible job for fast b/w laser
printing.

I keep it around mostly for sentimental reasons. I have difficulty
dumping a printer I spent $1500 for in 1991! And I still have plenty
of supplies for it.

Dick Ballard
(e-mail address removed)
 
I suppose there are none or merely a few of there venerable workhouses
still being used. However, have been given one by my brother who used
it at his work (where Windows 98 was the operating system). I'd like
to see if it still goes.

I've done a thorough web search which only suggests an HP emulating
driver might work.
Click to expand...

I've got an old MLPro300 here.

In my case, I set up two print queues on two seperate print queues on my
FreeBSD server and use LPR printing from W'98, XP and FreeBSD so each
system can "see" it as either a PCL or Postscript printer.

Under Win98, it's using the '98 supplied HPLJIIISi driver (to support both
paper trays) and the HPLJIIISi PostScript drivers quite happily.

Under WinXP It's working quite happily with the XP supplied version of
those drivers.

Under FreeBSD, well, it's postscript. It "just works"(tm) ;-)

Dave
 
I've got an old MLPro300 here.

In my case, I set up two print queues on two seperate print queues on my
FreeBSD server and use LPR printing from W'98, XP and FreeBSD so each
system can "see" it as either a PCL or Postscript printer.

Under Win98, it's using the '98 supplied HPLJIIISi driver (to support both
paper trays) and the HPLJIIISi PostScript drivers quite happily.

Under WinXP It's working quite happily with the XP supplied version of
those drivers.

Under FreeBSD, well, it's postscript. It "just works"(tm) ;-)

Dave
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My belated thanks to all who contributed to this issue. Now I've got
to settle down and try to see if I can work out how to make it run.

Regards, Hubchy
 
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