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WHITE BRAD (white7@server.uwindsor.ca) wrote:
: With help from the net re: the location, I downloaded the WP driver for the
: HPDJ540 this weekend.  My question is this: 
: 	Is it better to use the WP or the driver supplied by HP?

	I have an (older) DJ550c, and the only problem with WP drivers 
that I can is that there color handling is nowhere near as complete as 
HP's drivers.  If your using color (I believe that the 540 is color 
capable?), use the HP driver, for B&W use whatever gives you the best 
performance.

: Related to this, if I use the HP driver, the settings to print quality in the
: print screen in WP have no effect, you have to change the setting on the 
: printer in the default printer screen.  however, if I use the WP driver, 
: the print quality settings *do * have an effect.

	I think that WP made a mistake by not placing the "Setup Printer: 
command on the first screen.  It seems to me to be a bait to use thier 
drivers ;).  It's not really that the setings have NO effect, it's just 
that when using the HP driver, it has the last word.  And whatever it's 
set for will be what you get.

: Second question: if I use the HP driver, after send the command to print 
: the document, and the computer"thinks  a minute, I get another window 
: warning me that :Unknown Print Cartridge - you have text or grayscale 
: graphics, make sure the correct printer cartridge is installed.
: I click on Ok and all works fine.
: What is this from?
: Note: i have checked the part number on the cartridge which is in and it 
: is correct: 51626A
: This box does not appear if I use the WP driver.  SO, is this normal? Is 
: something wrong?

	It seems to me that since your printer is color capable (at least 
I'm almost sure that it is, if it's not, than I'm just blowing wind!) 
it's confused about what cartridge is in there and is warning you to make 
sure that there is a black only cartridge in there.  I would call HP and 
find out how it goes about detecting the cartridge:  If it needs to set 
in software, find out where the setting is.  If the driver polls the 
printer through the parallel port, find out if your have a different port 
or if you may have a BIOS setting wrong (most new computers come with 
Enhanced parallel ports, but they are set up in BIOS, your's may be 
set in a way that prohibits the driver from polling the printer.  
Although if you still get messages like "Printer out of Paper", then this 
most likely is NOT the case.)  Another possibility is that WP's print 
scroller interferes with the polling somehow.  Does the printer give you 
the same message in Write?  If so, then ask HP, if not then ask WP!

	Also make sure that you have the latest drivers (Version 5.0 just 
came out little while ago, if your printer shipped with version 4.0, then 
your problem may be addressed already in 5.0).

	Just as an aside, I been using Zenographics SuperPrint drivers 
for a while now ($50 at EggHead), and they work WONDERS!  Print time 
(even in CorelDraw!) has been cut in half and I get back to work in 
seconds, instead of minutes!  The color output rivals or betters HP 
drivers, although the settings are not as friendly.  All this is done 
through 32 drivers (makes you think what wonders will occur if we get a 
TRUE 32 operating system from MS and TRUE 32 apps from Corel, WP, etc - 
simply mindblowing what might happen if we just stop supporting the 286!!)
The only downside is that this package will just give you another choice 
of drivers when you go to print :)  but after you see it's performance I 
think the choice will be MUCH easier!

	Feel free to drop me a line if my blathering made no sense, it is 
3 in the morning ;)


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