Re: Printers and Such...

[lesherjt@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (John Lesher)]

Michael Hickey (sirius@spirit.com.au) wrote:
: In article <Pine.A32.3.93.960528134814.37086B-100000@freenet4.afn.org>,
: Donald 'X-caiver' Pattee Jr <afn45687@afn.org> wrote:

: > Does anybody know if there is a printer driver for a Hewlett Packard 660c? I
: > am getting one for my Mac, but don`t know if I will be able to use it on the
: > GS while I wait to get my mac. Vitesse/Harmony/Independece/whatever...also,
: > if a driver exists, does it support colour?
: > 
: AFAIK, either Independence or Harmonie will drive the DeskJET series and
: other PCL 3 compatible printers (not sure about the colour tho'),
: however... If you are buying a DeskWRITER for your Mac, you will not be
: able to use it from your IIgs.

Huh?!!  I must be seeing things on my paper then.  I've been using a DW
540 with Harmonie drivers on my IIgs for 5 months now.  I always
_thought_ I saw ink written on the paper, but maybe I was wrong.  Maybe
that explains the 'F' on the PoliSci paper.  :-)

: I'm not sure what makes the DeskWRITER (DW) different from the DeskJET
: (DJ) (apart from the name) in PCL 3 (graphics-mode) printing.  The DW
: series certainly won't print in any "plain-text" mode as the DJ will.

I dunno, but maybe it's that the DeskJet uses a PARALLEL interface, and
the Deskwriter uses a SERIAL interface.  Small difference.

: Personally, I think the DJ is more versatile than the DW because it it not
: specifically built for any one computer type. However, the modern DJs
: don't come with serial ports, which leaves me in a bit of a dilemma when I
: come to retire my trusty DJ 500 :(

And for those who are wondering, YES, the Deskwriter does color.

Tilghman