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Subject: Re: Deskjet
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Date: 27 Oct 88 05:24:12 GMT
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Hello,
I previous digest, Jeffrey Long writes:
>Forgive me if this is a question that doesn't need to be asked because the
>answer is so obvious, but I've never used anything except a Gemini-10X
>printer with my 1040ST and now I'm getting an HP Deskjet for it.  How can
>I fix it so that the "Install Printer" option from the desktop will
>allow me to do screen dumps to this printer?  In other words, will I only
>be able to use this printer with programs like WordPerfect that have custom
>HP Deskjet drivers or will a standard graphics screen dump "alt/Help"
>work?  I am getting the Epson emulation cartridge with the printer, so will
>that mean that I can install the Deskjet as a standard Dot-matrix printer
>using the "Install Printer" routine?   Any tips and/or hard learned advice
>on this matter would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks in advance for any replies netlanders!

The HP-Deskjet drivers I use are HPMONDUMP and HPCOLDUMP published by
Migraph. You run either HPMONDUMP if you have a monochrome monitor or
HPCOLDUMP if you have a color one, and then the <Alt><Help> keys produce
a graphic dump on the Deskjet. The "Install Printer" accessory is
useless except if you use the Deskjet with the serial port.

Note that a very nice accessory called JetSet is available on GEnie. It
allows you to control a number of parameters without fiddling with the
keypad of the Deskjet (e.g., char/in., char height, lines/in., etc.).
Download that baby and send $10 to the author (yes, this is a shareware),
he deserves it. (#include "disclaimer.h").

Something else on GEnie: there are drivers for the most popular word
processors, including the one for 1st Word Plus that I wrote (sorry,
no graphics using 1st Word Plus, which supports only Epson-like graphic
codes, and not HPGL). I don't want money for my 1st Word Plus driver (:-)
but please do something for me: send a hate mail to Hewlett-Packard
because they promised to come out with a non water-soluble ink for
the Deskjet, and still nothing! I like to have listings that can withstand
a cup of coffee... So use the free space on your Deskjet registration card!
(:-)

Regards,

     Frederic Mora                              BITNET:
     The College of William and Mary            #fjmora%wmmvs.bitnet
     Dept. of Computer Science                  #fjmora@cs.wm.edu
     Williamsburg, VA. 23185
     USA

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