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In article <1992Sep28.230653.12791@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> robinc@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Robert Delucca) writes:
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>Has anyone upgraded to 3.0 and used one of the Deskjet drivers on the archives? I'd
>like to know if there is any difference in installation to save myself
>trouble when I upgrade. At present I use the driver from Reiner Mueller.
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>R. de Lucca
>Johns Hopkins Univ.
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    Yah, it doesn't work :-)

    What I had to do is dup the NeXT laser jet entry in
    /NextLibrary/PrinterTypes then use the print manager to create a new
    printer using the dup'd entry, then mod it to use the freeware HP500
    driver (using 'nidump printcap . >xx', modding the new entry to use the
    freeware driver, then 'niload -v printcap . <xx', as root.

    NeXT supposedly has an HP500[C] driver in 3.0 but I couldn't find it.

    Note that your serial cable to the HP500[C] must be wired properly for
    hardware flow control, and note that the HP500[C] does not use RTS for
    flow control, but DTR.  It's a mess.  I don't know how you would do it
    on a non-turbo machine (which doesn't have hardware flow control).

					    -Matt

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