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From: rrd@hpfinote.HP.COM (Ray Depew x2419)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Desk Jet 500
Message-ID: <15330013@hpfinote.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Sep 90 17:16:36 GMT
References: <3993@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US>
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Re: question from mfolivo@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US (Mark Newton-John) 


> ...  I currently use Write
> with GDOS, and for the users of DeskJet and DeskJet Pluses, are
> there any interface considerations? Printer drivers? Emulation?
> Does the DJ500 have a Epson LQ emulation? Or is there a DJ driver
> for Write? (Yeah, I know, I should get Word Flair...)

No interface problems that I know of.  You will need a GDOS printer
driver.  There are two available:

1)  Migraph (Federal Way, WA -- no phone, sorry) sells a DeskJet
	driver set that includes a screen-dump patch.

2)  Neocept (Camarillo, CA -- 805-484-2041) sells TurboJet, that includes
	drivers for the LaserJet, DeskJet and the Atari SLM804, 
	and the OUTPUT program to print .GEM metafiles.

I have used the Migraph drivers with MSWrite and they work fine.  Other
people tell me that they've used TurboJet with MSWrite and it works
fine, also.  Both cost around $40.  Do yourself a favor and buy a registered
copy of whichever one you choose.

You can still print without the drivers, if you use the "generic" ASCII
printer .PRD file -- no italics or anything, mind you, but okay for
program listings and such.

There is an Epson cartridge available for DeskJet series printers.  Cost is
around $90 list price.  Your dealer may be able to give you a break on it.
It includes a proportional-spaced Times Roman font, prettier than the GDOS
one (IMHO).

> And I remember a problem with some Ataris and DeskJet and the
> parallel port?

That's a new one to me!  At HP Corvallis, we've had a 1040ST connected to
DeskJet series printers for years (no exaggeration!) with no problems 
whatsoever.  The 1040ST and the HP DeskJet/DJPlus/DJ500 are a perfect match.
Enjoy.

-- 
> the good guys!               Sakura-mendo, CA

> Internet:  mfolivo@sactoh0.SAC.CA.US

Regards
Ray Depew
HP Colorado IC Division 
formerly of HP InkJet Components Operation
rrd@hpfitst1.hp.com