Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!uunet!tank!eecae!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: A free HP DeskJet driver Message-ID: <10308@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 24 Apr 89 17:16:30 GMT References: <3829@utastro.UUCP> Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Josh Hodas) Distribution: comp Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 46 In article <3829@utastro.UUCP> werner@utastro.UUCP (Werner Uhrig) writes: > >> We have made a Macintosh printer driver for the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet. > > thanks, Olli, for making this wonderful package available; > (I call it wonderful without having tried - simply because the > concept of making such a complete package available is ourstanding) > >> available via anonymous ftp from kampi.hut.fi > > there is a problem with making such an announcement: it will > result in many repeated trans-Atlantic transfers of the files. > Well, I did the FTP as soon as I saw the original announcement, not realizing it was transatlantic (gotta keep a better eye on those domain names) and I agree, it is a bad idea to let these go overboard. Now to the software: I spent 1/2 an hour downloading it (locally, not the ftp) and 4 hours printing the 70 page manual on my deskjet (using my existing grappler driver). I should have waited. It seems to be extremely buggy, at least on my Mac II (the manual mentions it was tested on a plus, a 512 i think, and a macified atari, but nothing with 128k ROMS). It bombed as soon as I tried to print a catalog from the finder. I was able to get it printing from other apps, but suddenly after a few printouts, it kept printing in 75 dpi (or 100 i forget) no matter what I selected in the print dialog. Basically, I applaud the concept, and I hope Olli et al can get it working, but for now its back in my inactive file. Josh PS: I forgot to mention, the application that prints the spooled documents (such as the manual) seems unable to deal with page subranges that do not begin with 1. It crunches for a while and then returns without doing anything. Again, a great idea, but to many problems. ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-5423 (school office)