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From: barry@primerd.prime.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Deskwriter usage
Message-ID: <160700096@primerd>
Date: 9 Mar 90 03:28:00 GMT
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Nf-From: primerd.prime.com!barry    Mar  8 22:28:00 1990


Most comms programs that log traffic do so by dumping characters onto
the printer port, bypassing the printer driver completely.  The HP
DeskWriter does not have any builtin fonts and cannot be used in this
fashion.  Pushing HP to "fix" the DeskWriter is likely to be useless
since we're talking about a basic design decision.  Anyone who needs to
log traffic on the printer port would be better served by the DeskJet
Plus. 

If you don't need immediate logging of traffic, try copying text from
the Microphone II capture buffer into a DA such as McSink that can
print using the standard driver.  This should work with the DeskWriter.

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