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From: davemad@pnet01.cts.com (Dave Madsen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Font Cartridges for the HP DeskJet+
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Date: 23 Jul 90 05:56:20 GMT
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In article <29224@pnet01.cts.com> taylor@swbatl.sbc.com
(George Taylor - Southwestern Bell - Dallas, Tx.) writes:

> I'm interested in purchasing either font cartidges or memory       
> additions for my HP DeskJet+ and am wondering what, if any,        
> software packages will either dynamically use the cartridge fonts  
> or be able to download soft fonts from my A1000 e/w 2Meg Starboard 
> and 40Meg HD?  I fairly sure TeX would download fonts, but do you  
> need the additional memory.  As an experienced user of troff, I can
> say I'm not really interested in learning another photo-typeset    
> language.  So, what I am leaning towards is buying a font cartridge
> if there is a WP package that will use the fonts without me having 
> to go to the printer and change the defaults.

George, 

I think that WordPerfect for the Amiga will allow you to use cartridge
fonts fairly painlessly.  As for downloading fonts, there is at least
one freely distributable program for the amiga which will allow you to
download softfonts into your DeskJet, and I believe that there are
quite a few softfonts available on various BBS systems.  Yes, you do
need to buy a memory cartridge to be able to download softfonts into
the printer.  In any case, it wouldn't really be much of a problem
to change fonts in a software package as long as it supports the
insertion of escape codes.

> George Taylor - SWBT - Network Planning            
> 208 S. Akard, Room 0551, Dallas, Texas   75202     
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