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In <JFyLVB1w165w@midiline.la.ca.us> jared@midiline.la.ca.us (Luposian Knightwolf) writes:

>As of tonight, I finally figured out why my 500C wasn't communicating 
>very well with my MEGA ST.  After it prints out a text file from the 
>desktop (the only thing I can do, since I haven't a 500C printer driver 
>for 1st Word, and attempting to do a screen print produces nothing but 
>letters and graphic gobble-de-gook), it takes about 10-20 seconds to 
>retract the head to "home".  Since I wasn't waiting for it to do that, 
>assuming I could print the next file right after the previous one was 
>finished, the ST sent the print command, the 500C wouldn't reply (as it 
>was busy getting ready to go "home", and the whole deal goes dead.  The 
>ST considers the printer non-existant and no way of recovery.
> 
>But now that's all been taken care of, thanks to my ever-persistant 
>nature.  What I need now is this:
> 
>Does anyone know how to write up a HP Deskjet 500 printer driver for 1st 
>Word? (not 1st Word Plus)  I'd really appreciate it.  BTW, is there any 
>way a screen print is possible between the ST and the 500C?  Maybe 
>someone could write up a program to make use of the 500C's color 
>capacity?  It's a thought... I'd sure buy it! (i.e. pay good money for 
>it)

There is a 1st Word Plus printer driver for the HP DJ 500 (without the
'C'). Surely that will work on a 'C' one? You can find it on atari.archive.
Apart from that, it is quite simple to write your own printer driver for
1st WP+. The package has documentation on
the printer description files on one of the disks, and the HP DJ manual is
quite good (if it is as good as my DJ 'classic' one). You might consider
using some of the less useful special effects in 1st WP+ for color
printing.


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