Hi
HP Jet Direct EX Plus is essentially an external network adaptor to allow the LJ 5MP to connect to ethernet (RJ45, 10BaseT) LAN through its parallel port (IEEE1284). It's a pass-through box with no storage capability. Just adds ethernet networking capability to the printer.
the 5MP only has parallel and AppleTalk (gasp!) serial ports, so there is no way for me to print directly with any current computers to the 5MP. I have an old PowerMac that probably can print directly, but I dont' think that one (Mac OS9 circa 1997) can handle any recent .pdf files.
Print queue/spooling is handled by the computer, not the JetDirect.
as far as I know, I don't think apple/MacOS has PCL output capability and only prints out postscript. Just checked system setup, and it lists Postscript as the language used:
LJ 5MP:
Status: Idle
Print Server: Local
Driver Version: 10.4
Default: Yes
URI: lpd://10.0.1.47/
PPD: HP LaserJet 5MP
PPD File Version: 17.3
PostScript Version: (2014.103) 0
CUPS Version: 1.4.7 (cups-218.31)
Fax support: No
Scanning support: No
Scanning app: -
Scanning app (bundleID path): -
Scanner UUID: -
so it seems like the problem is most likely some sort of a setup issue.
can you tell me what can cause the "print as image" be greyed out? this may be another symptom of the root cause of the printing problem. both OS were recently refreshed (meaning, the root drive was wiped clean and re-installed fresh), but I've had the same printing problem before and after OS reinstall (I got a new HDD, since the one before crashed). but if you can tell me what sort of thing could interfere with the "print as image" capability, I can go looking...
Prior to Acrobat XI Pro, I did have Acrobat Pro 8 installed... not sure if there is any relevance, but thought I'd mention it too, in case there is some corruption due to the upgrade.
