Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!apple!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!haven!mimsy!fe2o3!rusty From: rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: DeskJet Plus Drivers? Keywords: DeskJet Printers Drivers Passengers Message-ID: <218@fe2o3.UUCP> Date: 30 Aug 89 15:50:31 GMT References: <931@censor.UUCP> <58403@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <19353@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu> Reply-To: rusty@fe2o3.UUCP (Rusty Haddock) Organization: Rusty's BSD machine at home Lines: 53 In article <19353@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu> ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes: >In article <58403@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Todd R. Johnson writes: >I'm not so sure this is straightforward. First of all, the LJ+ driver >(dvijep) works by downloading fonts. Deskjet fonts are not compatible >(Grr...), and there isn't enough RAM in a stock Deskjet or Plus Softfonts are softfonts aren't they? The only difference is the ESCape sequence that downloads them and the limitations of printer memory. Then again, if your ``fonts'' already contain those ESCape sequences then you may be SOL. I'm just now learning about downloading fonts to my DJ+ so maybe I can comment more fully afterward. >anyway. So you're left with buying a ram cartridge (and probably still >being limited anyway, I think it's only 128K) and modifying the fonts, Just the facts, ma'am.... :-} First off, there is no RAM in a stock DeskJet PLUS for downloading fonts. The 16K that's in there is strictly buffer space. I believe that the lack of memory partitioned for softfonts on the original DJ was one of it's problems. A new feature of the PLUS is the ability to handle much more memory. You can put in a old 128K cartridge but I'm sitting here with a 256K in my PLUS and I can add another one to fill the second slot. A lot of fonts can fit into a 1/2-Meg of memory. Still, other than the graphics and the font downloading and cartridges, etc the Desk and DeskPLUS is fairly compatible with it's bigger brothers, the Lasers. >or doing it as a bitmap. I seem to remember that the Laserjet driver >(dvijet) for the original Laserjet worked in bitmap mode and was >limited to 100dpi or something like that. (This may have only been the >DOS version, since that's what I have.) Aye, the original LJ couldn't download fonts although I'm not sure about that 100-dpi though. >Anyway, I'm sure it's possible, but I don't think it'll be as easy as it >might appear at first. Depends on how accustommed you are to working with fonts and bitmaps. >Of course, the easiest solution is just to buy Radical Eye Software's >dviddj. :-) True. Add me to the list of very satisfied RES customers! I don't know much TeX now but I am learning. The previewer is the real godsend! -Rusty- -- Rusty Haddock o {uunet,att,rutgers}!mimsy.umd.edu!fe2o3!rusty Laurel, Maryland o "IBM sucks silicon!" -- PC Banana Jr, "Bloom County"