{"id":1721,"date":"2022-12-24T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pagetable.com\/?p=1721"},"modified":"2022-12-24T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T20:00:31","slug":"postscript-cartridge-for-hp-laserjet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pagetable.com\/?p=1721","title":{"rendered":"PostScript Cartridge for HP LaserJet"},"content":{"rendered":"

We have recently dissected and dumped the Level 2 “Plus” version<\/a> of HP’s PostScript cartridge series. This time, we will look at the earlier Level 1 “PostScript Cartridge”.<\/p>\n

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Article Series<\/h2>\n

There are two cartridges for the HP LaserJet series that add Adobe PostScript support. They differ in the PostScript Level<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year <\/th>\n Name <\/th>\n Description <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1991 <\/td>\n HP LaserJet PostScript Cartridge<\/a> <\/td>\n PostScript Level 1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991 <\/td>\n HP LaserJet III PostScript Cartridge Plus<\/a> <\/td>\n PostScript Level 2 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note that the article on the Level 2 “Plus” cartridge is the main one. This article only describes the differences of the Level 1 cartridge to the Level 2 cartridge.<\/p>\n

Cartridge<\/h2>\n

The cartridge is about 9×14 cm in size.<\/p>\n

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The front says<\/p>\n

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HEWLETT PACKARD<\/p>\n

PostScript* Cartridge<\/p>\n

ITC Avant Garde Gothic
\nITC Bookman<\/em>
\nCourier
\nHelvetica
\nHelvetica-Narrow
\nNew Century Schoolbook
\nPalatino<\/em>
\nTimes
\nITC Zapf Chancery<\/em>
\nTIC Zapf Dingbats*
\nSymbol
\n33439Q \u00a9Hewlett-Packard 1989, 1990, 1991<\/p>\n

HP
\nLASERJET
\nPOSTSCRIPT\u00ae<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The back says<\/p>\n

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Adobe and PostScript are registered trademark of Adobe Systems
\nIncorporated in the U.S, and other countries. Helvetica, Palatino and
\nTimes Roman are registered trademarks of Linotype AG and\/
\nor its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. IT Avant Garde
\nGothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are
\nregistered trademarks of International Typeface Corporation in the
\nU.S. and other countries.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Board<\/h2>\n

This is the very same board as used by the later “Plus” cartridge<\/a>, except that it is fitted with only three instead of four ROM chips:<\/p>\n

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The ROM chips are:<\/p>\n