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Subject: Re: Documentation on HP Laserjet 6MP?
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> 2.  The commands that this particular printer understands.

I had the same "information" problem with a Apple LaserWriter 12/640
PS. I ended up down-loading the PPD file (printer description). You
find it somewhere on the HP site. It is the file the print managers in
MacOS and Windows95/NT use for creating the settings dialogs to the
user and the PostScript code to send to the printer.

The file is messy but in ascii format. It wasn't hard to find out the
options and the PostScript code to do it with some guesswork. 
Hint: Look for the text "OpenUI" ;-)

/kgb