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From: neff@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Dave Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: JetLink Express 1.2 vs HP DeskJet 500
Message-ID: <1040001@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 1 Nov 90 20:12:14 GMT
References: <83840@coherent.coherent.com>
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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>I've discovered that a bug in GDT Softworks' JetLink Express 1.2
>printer-driver can cause serious problems when printing to a
>Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500 printer.  The problem doesn't occur when
>printing to a DeskJet, DeskJet Plus, or DeskWriter.

One minor nit, when printing to the DeskJet, DeskJet Plus, or DeskWriter
these printers wont hang (actually swallow data for a while) like the
DeskJet 500, but these printers will ignore the illegal escape sequence,
which will likely result in some missing dots.  Its just that a few missing
300DPI dots are not as obvious a problem as a hung printer.  In other
words, the driver has always had a "problem", its just that the
DeskJet 500 doesn't obscure it like the other DeskJet family printers.

Dave Neff
neff@hpvcfs1.HP.COM