Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!johns From: johns@graphics.rent.com (John Silvia) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: HP DeskJet Guru Needed Message-ID: Date: 29 Jun 91 12:54:30 GMT References: <57406@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Organization: The Graphics BBS (2D,3D,GIF,Animation) +1 908/469-0049 Lines: 31 > > Just got an HP DeskJet 500... > > > > 1) The text is beautiful, but I'm having a little trouble with > > graphics. > > > > Output from dpaint looks rough, more like 75dpi than 300dpi. > > I set the front switches to use 300dpi as default graphics > > resolution, but that didn't make any difference. > > > > Any guidelines on what I have to do to get the fine graphics? > > > > 2) Is there any reason for me to go looking for a different > > DeskJet driver (from the one that came with AmigaOS v1.3)? > > > > I vaguely remember some talk of a Super DeskJet driver some > > time back; what could I get from something like that? > > AmigaDOS 2.0 includes a fine driver for the Deskjet, and I have great results with it. At this point in time, though, I exclusively use PageStream with it, since I don't like to just dump graphics, but I like to include text with them. Pagestream 1.8 and beyond provide laser quality output on the Deskjet, and it does a much bet}r%rxDi] better job of printing p~rictuxD~I{NZj pictures than AmigaDOS ever will. The Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" ============================================================================== Internet: johns@graphics.rent.com UUCP: rutgers!bobsbox!graphics!johns