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Introduction to host-based printing The HP LaserJet P2030 Series printer is a host-based product. Host-based printing differs from PCL printing by computing the print job on the host computer rather than computing it in the product formatter. The following illustration shows how the HP LaserJet P2030 Series printing-system software works. Figure 4-1 HP LaserJet P2030 Series host-based driver overview HP print drivers for Windows As a host-based printing system, the HP LaserJet P2030 Series print driver uses MS Windows to convert the graphics device interface (GDI) or device driver interface (DDI) calls from software programs into JBIG (standard-compression) compressed pages. These pages are sent in "chunks" through the driver to the product formatter. The HP LaserJet P2030 Series print driver also receives status messages from the formatter firmware. These messages are passed to the Status Application, which displays them. The HP LaserJet P2030 Series formatter has 4 MB of read-only memory (ROM) and 16 MB of random access memory (RAM). Both the firmware and the compressed page must fit into the 16 MB of RAM. 90 Chapter 4 HP LaserJet P2030 Series host-based driver and PCL 5e Universal Print Driver for Windows ENWW

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Introduction to host-based printing
The HP LaserJet P2030 Series printer is a host-based product. Host-based printing differs from PCL
printing by computing the print job on the host computer rather than computing it in the product formatter.
The following illustration shows how the HP LaserJet P2030 Series printing-system software works.
Figure 4-1
HP LaserJet P2030 Series host-based driver overview
As a host-based printing system, the HP LaserJet P2030 Series print driver uses MS Windows to convert
the graphics device interface (GDI) or device driver interface (DDI) calls from software programs into
JBIG (standard-compression) compressed pages. These pages are sent in “chunks” through the driver
to the product formatter.
The HP LaserJet P2030 Series print driver also receives status messages from the formatter firmware.
These messages are passed to the Status Application, which displays them.
The HP LaserJet P2030 Series formatter has 4 MB of read-only memory (ROM) and 16 MB of random
access memory (RAM). Both the firmware and the compressed page must fit into the 16 MB of RAM.
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Chapter 4
HP LaserJet P2030 Series host-based driver and PCL 5e Universal Print Driver for
Windows
ENWW
HP print drivers for
Windows