HP LaserJet 1010 600 600 Cartridge containing toner and imaging drum D hpijs Cheap, compact desktop laser printer, foldable tray for 150 sheets, A4/Letter/Legal, up to 12 pages/min. HP classifies this printer as "host-based" whereas they claim the HP LaserJet 1015 to understand PCL 5e. But the HP LaserJet 1010 and 1012 seem to understand a stripped-down (raster-graphics only, no text) variant of PCL 5e. Rick Richardson (rickr at mn dot rr dot com), author of the "foo2zjs" driver (driver for the HP LaserJet 1000/1005), has examined the output of the Windows driver for this printer and found out that the language looks like PJL + PCL 6 (see report on the HP forum on linuxprinting.org). Adam (madaman at web dot de) reports on the HP forum on linuxprinting.org that the HP LaserJet 1010 works for him with all raster drivers for the HP LaserJet 1100 ("hpijs", "ljet4"/"lj4dith", "gimp-print"). Adam tried also PCL-6 drivers ("lj5gray"/"lj5mono", "pxlmono") but without success. Unfortunately, the new LaserJet 1010/1012/1015 series seems not to be absolutely compatible with older HP printers or it has a firmware bug. Sometimes it happens that the printer stops working and reports the error "<tt>Unsupported Personality: PCL</tt>". It only continues working when one kills the job and power-cycles the printer. So up to now it is not recommended to buy this printer. Please test the printer with these drivers in all available resolutions and also with special options as toner saving. REt, toner density, ... Try also the PPD files for the HP LaserJet 4050 to test the "FastRes" option with a resolution setting of 600 dpi. Does this give a better printout quality? Please report all your results and experiences on the HP forum of linuxprinting.org.