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From: neff@hp-vcd.HP.COM (Dave Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: DeskWriter 2.1 drivers
Message-ID: <1170017@hp-vcd.HP.COM>
Date: 22 Feb 91 19:04:42 GMT
Organization: Hewlett Packard, Vancouver, WA
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By popular demand, I have sent a binhex/stuffit archive containing
the latest DeskWriter drivers and a README file to the moderator of
comp.binaries.mac, so it should appear shortly on that group.
Here is a partial list of what was added and fixed to the driver
the README file has more details):

Fixed a problem in printing from DAs such as Canvas.

Fixed a Super Laser Spool crash when printing multiple copies of
a document containing a bitmap.

Zero width characters (such as Sonata fonts) will now show up on
the page.

NIL-Handle heap corruption bug was fixed.

There was an AppleTalk Zone communication problem with EtherTalk
connections.

Low level text call support (such as text streaming) was added.

So I think the above list indicates you really will want to get the
latest drivers.  The drivers also a bit smaller than the previous
versions.

By the way, I have been getting a fair amount of mail concerning
DeskWriter questions, and I just want to let people know that I am
really an R&D engineer (I write printer firmware), not a support
engineer.  I will gladly answer people's questions as I have time, but if
you don't get an immediate answer all the time that is sometimes due
to the fact that I have other work to do :-).  I am mostly helpful in dealing
with problems of a highly technical nature that our regular support
people do not fully understand.  One good example is some mail I have
had recently concerning Tops to DeskWriter connectivity from MS-DOS
PCs or SUN workstations (our support people haven't a clue).
If you go through normal support channels and can't get your
questions answered or problems solved, then contact me and I
will try to help as much as I can.  Unfortunately our support people
are not on the net.

Dave Neff
neff@hpvcfs1.HP.COM