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So far I've come across two software packages that have problems with
the HP DeskWriter.  I thought the workarounds might be useful to others
which is the reason for this posting.

1.  TeXtures.

The folks as Blue Sky Research (who distribute TeXtures) gave me the poop
on this one.  When printing the TypeSet document, only the upper quadrant
gets printed at about 400% magnification.

The workaround is to 

  a.  At the beginning of the TeX document, insert
                \hoffset 0.8in
                \voffset 1.08in
      which will provide correct 1in margins (at least, for the default 
      TeX page). 

  b.  Under the Page Setup... menu item, reduce the printed pages to 25%,
      and select the Precision Bitmap printing option.


2.  Matlab

I haven't been able to directly print the Graphics window from Matlab (vers 1.1).
It appears that Matlab is attempting to convert the graphics to a postscript
document which, of course, doesn't do anything for the DeskWriter.

My workaround has been to cut and paste the Matlab graphic to another 
application, then print that.  I happen to use Word 4.0, but other applications
should work well too.  I think what's happening is that the scrapbook is
transfering a PICT version of the graphic which the DeskWriter can then
deal with.

Hope these pointers are useful.  If posting a followup, please note the
cross-posting.



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Jeff Kantor
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