🚀 go-pugleaf

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.


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