HP LaserJet 2300 printer - External Software Technical Reference

Driver feature comparison in various operating systems
The following tables detail the software features available for each driver type and for each supported operating
system that the HP LaserJet 2300 printer supports. The printing system driver for Windows 2000 and Windows XP is
the new HP unidriver, with a user interface look and feel that is consistent across the PCL 5e, PCL 6, and PS driver.
The printing-system drivers for Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, and Windows NT 4.0 are the HP traditional
PCL 5e and PCL 6 drivers and the HP traditional PS driver.
Job stream output
Table 25: Driver support for job stream output feature
Operating system
Windows XP
(32-bit), Windows
2000
Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95, 98, Me Mac
Driver type HP unidriver HP traditional
driver
HP traditional
driver
Mac
Driver PCL 6 PCL
5e
PS PCL 6 PCL
5e
PS PCL 6 PCL
5e
PS PS
PCL 6 support X X X
PCL 5e support X X X
PCL 6 pass-through support X X X
PS 3 X X X X
PS 2 X X X X
UTF-8 encoding for PJL
X X X X X
Stream output modes
Table 26: Driver support for stream output modes feature
Operating system
Windows XP
(32-bit), Windows
2000
Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95, 98, Me Mac
Driver PCL 6 PCL
5e
PS PCL 6 PCL
5e
PS PCL 6 PCL
5e
PS PS
RAW output
X X X X X X X
MS EMF output
X X X
EPS
X X X X
Connectivity
Table 27: Driver support for connectivity features
Operating system
Windows XP
(32-bit)),
Windows 2000
Windows NT 4.0 Windows 95 Windows 98,
Me
Mac
Driver PCL
6
PCL
5e
PS PCL
6
PCL
5e
PS PCL
6
PCL
5e
PS PCL
6
PCL
5e
PS PS
Parallel
X X X X X X X X
X
1
X
1
X
1
X X
Network
X X X X X X X X X
X
1
X
1
X X
USB
X X X
X
1
X
1
X
1
Requires a DOT4 stack.
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