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10-06-2021 06:47 PM
Product: 1300 laserjet
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)
So HP's driver no longer allows you to adjust the print density for my old trusty 1300.
Is there someway to manually send a code to the printer and reset the print density. It shows as "3" currently so I'd like to change it to "5."
I assume this would need to be done through Windows Powershell with appropriate DOS commands?
Thanks
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10-07-2021 12:40 AM
Try to copy in DOS density.pjl to the parallel port to see will make any changes -> copy /b density.pjl lpt1
You can edit defaults.pjl in notepad to change density from 1 - 5
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