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From: N_Cook on 24 Feb 2010 03:20
William R. Walsh <wm_walsh(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> > HP Laserjet 1020
> > I cannot find any way of getting that info from the ROM or
> > wherever, no buttons at all on this printer.
>
> There probably isn't one. The LaserJet 1020 is a "dumb" printer
> despite HP's claim that it has a 234MHz "processor".
>
> I would practically guarantee that any such processor is only capable
> of processing data that has already been spooled into some proprietary
> printer language by the computer, and that it may even require its
> firmware to be downloaded by the computer before it can process
> anything. The printer may have no idea how many pages it has run.
>
> If you were to find an HP LaserJet 1012 or 1015, those printers do
> have onboard intelligence, accept conventional PCL input and the panel
> buttons can be used to produce a page count.
>
> William

My "non volatile" mechanical milometer counter works , I'll just have to
monitor the cord does not stretch , viewing thru the little window I cut in
the end panel.


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