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JAMDISK 8
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NOTES: Not all the files on this disk have icons, most
notably the printer drivers, but also some source code
files associated with some of the programs. These will have
been archived into self-extracting files, and they can be
recognised by the suffix `.run' on the end.
To extract the archive all you need do is type the name of
the file into a command line (CLI or Shell) and the rest is
automatic.
So. for instance, if you find a file called `plop.run', to
extract the archive open a Shell window and type ...
plop.run
... and press Return. Simple as that.
Things will be easier if you copy the `.run' file to RAM:
or another floppy disk before trying to extract the files
as the contents of the archive may amount to two or three
times the size of the `.run' file.
If you need help with regards installing a printer driver,
please see the end of this file for some step-by-step
instructions.
************************************************************
Just Amiga Monthly (JAM) is a subscription-only magazine
(it's a traditional paper magazine, a totally separate thing
from the Jamdisk collection) costing £19.95 for 12 issues
(£24.95 Europe, £49.95 Overseas). The latest issue can be
bought from the address below for £1.95 if you don't want to
subscribe just yet. Cheques, Postal Orders and International
Money Orders should be made payable to JAM.
Just Amiga Monthly
75 Greatfields Drive
Uxbridge UB8 3QN
Phone: 0895 274449
Contacts: Jeff Walker, Steve Williams
This Jamdisk is freely distributable provided it remains
intact and unaltered and this ReadMe file is not removed
from it. Public Domain libraries are given permission to
include this disk in their catalogues provided they charge
no more for it than JAM itself does. JAM regrets that it
cannot provide technical support for any of the software
on its Jamdisks; the responsibility for this lies with
the programmers.
Copyrights of all programs contained on this disk remain
with the various programmers.
We strongly recommend you register with the authors of the
programs on this disk (where applicable) as this will
encourage them to keep developing. Remember, they do it
to please YOU -- the least you can do is say thank you.
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Installing a printer driver
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Printer drivers need to be copied into the `devs/printers'
directory on the disk you boot from (your `boot' disk) --
that means into a directory called `printers' which is
inside a directory called `devs'.
The five printer drivers on this disk, and the paths to
them, are:
JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500.1/HP_DeskJet500
JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500.2/HP_Deskjet500
JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.1/HP_DeskJet500C
JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.2/HP_500C
JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/SeikoshaPlus/SeikoshaPlus
Leave your boot (Workbench) disk in DF0, it needs to be
write-enabled.
Open a Shell (i.e. double click on the Shell icon).
At the prompt type:
Copy JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.2/HP_500C TO DEVS:printers
^ ^ ^
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space space space
It doesn't matter if you type it all in upper case or all
in lower case, or mixed (as above). But make sure you put
spaces only where they appear in the above line. Press the
Return or Enter key only after typing the whole line.
If you have only one floppy drive you will be requested to
swap disks at certain points; simply do as you are asked.
If the driver won't copy because the Workbench disk is
full, you will have to delete something from that
Workbench disk (any of the tools in the Utilities drawer
will do).
Ok, that copies the HP_500C driver over. If it's one of the
others you want, simply replace the bit between `Copy' and
`TO' with the path and filename for that driver (see the
list above).
This kind of file management is much easier to do with a
`directory utility'. Speak to your local PD library about
this. There are lots of them to choose from, the most
popular is called SID.
After you have copied the driver on to your boot disk you
need to run the Printer program in the Prefs drawer. After
running this you will see a list of drivers at top-right of
the screen. Use the mouse and the arrow buttons to
highlight the new driver, then click on the SAVE button.
That's it.
If you want to put the driver on to a disk other than the
Workbench disk (the DPaint disk, for example) simply
follow the instructions above but use the command line ...
Copy <printer driver> TO <volume>:devs/printers
... replacing <printer driver> with the correct path and
filename for the driver of your choice (see list above),
and <volume> with the name of the disk you want to copy
the driver on to.
If you have followed these instructions and it "doesn't
work", don't get angry, go make a cup of tea, come back
and start again. Take it slowly this time. If after half-a-
dozen tries you are still struggling, we would advise you
to swear very loudly at the computer and call it a very
nasty name -- `bugger' isn't strong enough, be imaginative,
the nastier the name and the louder you shout it, the more
likely it is you will succeed when you try (yet again) to
install the printer driver.
If it still "doesn't work" you should seriously consider
buying a book on AmigaDOS. After buying it you should
seriously consider reading it.
Jeff 8-)