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From: rsfinn@athena.mit.edu (Russell S. Finn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Can't Print Small Cards w/ Print Stack?
Message-ID: <1991Jan25.170041.16700@athena.mit.edu>
Date: 25 Jan 91 17:00:41 GMT
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In article <1991Jan23.174019.27176@world.std.com> ralph@world.std.com (Ralph Lombreglia) writes:
>Like Bob Soron, I use a DeskWriter with driver 2.0, and would very
>much like to print cards in other than full size.  After seeing Martin
>Gannholm's posting, I called Hewlett-Packard to alert them to it.
>Their Mac printer support person has a comments sheet that says
>HyperCard's reduced card-size printing options work only with
>PostScript devices, and that therefore the DeskWriter cannot support
>quarter-size cards, etc.  But that's not what I hear Martin Gannholm
>saying.
> 
>There are a lot of DeskWriters out there, and we'd like full printer
>support for HC 2, but HP isn't going to revise or patch their driver
>if we can't convince them there's a problem.  The support person's
>name is Vicki, and she said she'd welcome hearing from anyone at Apple
>at (208) 323-2551.

Speaking as someone who is now using version 2.1 of the DeskWriter
driver, this bug has still not been fixed.  (Version 2.1 is available
in the HP Forum on CompuServe, or on the BCS*Mac BBS for those located
in eastern Massachusetts.)

-- Russell S. Finn
rsfinn@athena.mit.edu