Re: Printer Drivers

[bpvh@shell1.msn.fullfeed.com (Bradley VonHaden)]

bird@nwsrs.nw.att.com (J. L. Walters) wrote:

>David Empson <dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
>>Vitesse's "Harmonie" package probably includes a driver for the
>>DeskWriter.
>I don't believe there is any drivers for the DeskWriter. (Pretty much
>Mac only as I remember.) There are two for the DeskJet. Harmonie from
>Vitesse and Independence from Seven Hills.

Harmonie includes GS/OS printer drivers for both the HP DeskJet and
DeskWriter series.

What the DW can not do, well most of the time, is print from 8 bit
programs like AppleWorks or Proterm.

>>Note that with both printers, you can only use them from GS/OS desktop
>>programs, not from ProDOS-8 or text-based programs.
>
>The DeskJet works fine from 8 bit programs. In fact, AppleWorks
>4.0 and 5.0 have a special driver so you can print great proportional
>text.
>
>As for others, screen dumps from AppleWorks, file dumps from ProTerm,
>etc., work like a champ.

Of course David was talking about the StyleWriter and HP DW and he is in
fact correct.  Neither will print from P-8 programs.

>The DeskJet has a parallel and serial port so you can use it from the
>IIgs serial port with no problems.

The current DJs (560/540) only have a parallel port thus requiring a
parallel printer interface card.

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