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by brumski_2

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I have a work laptop and every single time I plug it into my docking station, I need to re-install my printer in order to use it. If I try to print, I receive a PCL XL Error for ColorSpaceMismatch. Once I reinstall the printer, it is fine. What gives?

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by butch_firefox

model and brand of printer?

The VendorUnique operator is a 'private' operator; the attribute values of the operator are defined by different vendors for their own proprietary purposes.

Perhaps what the error message implies is that you are using a printer driver designed for one make of printer on a different make?

Or it could just be a driver bug; check to see if a later driver version exists.

Or (as you'll find advised with lots of other posts regarding PCLXL errors), change to using a PCL5e or PostScript driver, instead of the PCL6 driver (PCLXL is the 'official' name of the PCL6 language).
That way you should not get any PCLXL errors (although you may then encounter other problems associated with the chosen alternative language).

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