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In article <1992Sep28.230653.12791@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> robinc@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Robert Delucca) writes:
>
>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.
>
>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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In article <1992Sep28.230653.12791@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>  
robinc@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Robert Delucca) writes:
> 
> 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.

Well, NeXTStep 3.0 has finally reached germany and this week I will receive my  
copy. The first thing I will do is the adaption (if it needs one) of the djf.

As soon as I can get it run, I will upload it to the archives ... probably next  
week or so.

Cheers
	Reimer
-- 
Reimer Mellin, ram@ramsys.sta.sub.org, NeXT-mail accepted
Cricket : a  curious  game which involved suddenly hitting people for no readily apparent reason and then running away.

robinc@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Robert Delucca) writes:


>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.

>R. de Lucca
>Johns Hopkins Univ.
>Followup-To: 
>Distribution: world
>Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
>Keywords: 



My experience with this is that djf will not compile as easily as
it use to and I need to disable the DJCOMPRESS defination.

When I use the djf version that came with DeskJet_2.03 I don't get
solid grays at all on my DeskJet plus I get just dots instead.
Changing the djf fixes things but I need A4 support hence I need
to recompile the djf with out DJCOMPRESS, not easy under 3.0