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From: geske@hpislx.HP.COM (Brent Geske)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet driver
Message-ID: <13640003@hpislx.HP.COM>
Date: 8 Aug 90 20:26:30 GMT
References: <1990Aug5.050358.17417@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Organization: Measurement Systems Operation - Loveland, CO
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> I just got a copy of a public domain driver for the HP deskjet (I'm trying
> to connect one to a Mac IIcx)  Unfortunately, the documentation was in
> WriteNow (Why?) and I haven't been able to decipher it.
> 
> Has anyone been able to get this driver to work?  I dragged it into the 
> system folder & fixed the settings, but when I try to print, nothing
> happens.  I've written to the authors in Finland, but so far there's been
> no response.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> Adam Peller
> peller@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu

If you got the full package, there should also have been copies of the
documentation in HPDJ's "batch" file format.  The driver allows you to
print to a special "batch" file which can later be printed when you're away
from the computer.  Since it can take a long time for a standard DeskJet to
dump out multiple 300 DPI pages, it's not something you generally want to
wait for if there are more than, say, eight pages.

Brent Geske
geske@hpisla.lvld.hp.com