Re: FS: A StyleWriter for your Apple

[Joe Kohn <joko@GotSpam?crl.com>]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:
 >Of course like Joe said, only the DeskJet drivers have
 >full capability.  Namely, they support color printing and
 >compression.  The compression part helps in print
 >speed.  But that still doesn't make DeskJets the
 >sharpest printers.

The HP printers, including DeskJets and LaserJets, are essentially "plug 'n
print" and they work with ALL standard GS/OS software programs and from
ProDOS-8 based software.

The latest revision to Harmonie implements 600 x 300 dpi printing on those
newer DeskJets which are capable of producing 600 x 300 dpi.

For those not familiar with Harmonie...

               Use An HP LaserJet Or DeskJet On An Apple IIGS

   An agreement has recently been reached between Shareware Solutions II,
   Vitesse, and Harmonie author Bill Heineman that results in Shareware
   Solutions II becoming the new publisher of the Harmonie set of GS/OS
   printer drivers.

   Harmonie is a collection of GS/OS printer drivers that permits IIGS
   owners to output data onto the printed page using three different
   types of high performance, high quality printers:

   1) Laser printers that emulate the widely used Hewlett-Packard
   LaserJet standard, including the LaserJet IIp, III, IV and 5L.

   2) Inkjet printers that emulate Hewlett-Packard DeskJet printers,
   including the DeskJet (or DeskWriter) 340, 400, 500, 520, 560c, 600,
   660c, 670, 672c, 680c, 682c, 690c and 800 series printers which are
   not designated as Windows only printers (or DeskWriters that are not
   designated as PowerPC Only). Please note that the DeskJet 710, 712,
   720 and 722 are Windows-only printers and will not work on the IIGS.

   3) 24-pin dot-matrix printers that emulate Epson LQ printers,
   including models manufactured by Epson, NEC, Panasonic, and many
   others.

   Additionally, Harmonie also includes greatly improved GS/OS drivers
   for the ImageWriter II and ImageWriter LQ dot-matrix printers, and for
   Apple's original StyleWriter I printer.

   Harmonie also provides driver support for several Parallel Interface
   Cards including the Grappler Plus, ProGrappler, AE Parallel Pro, Epson
   APL, FingerPrint G, II Print and the Marcey Parallel card. Harmonie
   also includes a special serial Port Driver that enables printers that
   have a serial interface to be used with Harmonie (Note: Most HP
   printers manufactured in the last few years include only a Parallel
   interface; some older DeskJets included only a serial interface.).

   Harmonie works with all standard IIGS programs that use the IIGS Print
   Manager, such as AppleWorks GS, Platinum Paint, HyperCard IIGS, and
   Quick Click Calc; the most notable exception of programs that do not
   work with the Harmonie drivers is The Print Shop GS. Aside from The
   Print Shop GS, Harmonie should work just fine with all of your GS/OS
   based software.

   Harmonie allows you to take full advantage of high quality printers,
   up to a certain point. On HP laser printers, Harmonie will output data
   to the printed page at a maximum of 300 dots per inch resolution, even
   on laser printers that are capable of printing at higher resolutions.
   On DeskJet printers, Harmonie is limited to printing in color at 300
   dots per inch, and at 600 x 300 dots per inch resolution in black and
   white. Despite those limitations, tens of thousands of Apple IIGS
   owners who purchased Vitesse's Harmonie are thrilled with the high
   quality output that they can achieve at 300 dots per inch or at 600 x
   300 dots per inch.

   Harmonie is, in essence, an extension to the GS/OS Operating System.
   Once the Harmonie drivers are installed and you've gotten used to
   having a high quality ink jet or laser printer connected to your IIGS,
   you'll soon come to think of Harmonie as such an integral component of
   GS/OS that you'll be printing to those high quality printers with nary
   a second thought and with all of the ease of use you now associate
   with the ImageWriter. In other words, thanks to Harmonie, printing on
   laser and ink jet printers is simply a matter of "plug and print."

   Vitesse has been selling the Harmonie package of printer drivers for
   $29.95, and Shareware Solutions II is very pleased to be able to lower
   the price to $20, which includes postage to anywhere in the world.

   Because Vitesse's activities in the Apple II world have been
   decreasing for the past year or two, the v2.11 update was never really
   promoted, and many current owners of Vitesse's Harmonie have
   absolutely no idea that Harmonie had ever been updated to support 600
   x 300 dpi printing. For that reason, Shareware Solutions II would like
   to extend a low cost update offer to those of you who have older
   versions of Vitesse's Harmonie. The cost of the update is $7, but in
   order to qualify for that lower cost update, you must return your
   original Harmonie disk for verification (it will be returned to you)
   or submit a copy of your Vitesse receipt.

   To order Harmonie, send checks or money orders to:

                          Joe Kohn
                          Shareware Solutions II
                          166 Alpine St
                          San Rafael, CA 94901