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HP DeskJet 500C -- Why WordPerfect Hasn't Written a Driver
Hewlett-Packard has released a new printer called the HP DeskJet
500C. The printer has two modes: a monochrome mode and a color
graphics mode. In the monochrome mode, the printer is identical to
an HP DeskJet 500. When the color ink cartridge is installed, the
printer is a graphics-only printer. Since WordPerfect does not
rasterize the whole page and send it out as a graphic, it is unable
to support the printer in color. It was decided between
HP and WPCorp that WP would not ship an HP DeskJet 500C driver in
5.1 because users may assume color support is available. Users who
need a driver should use the HP DeskJet 500 driver that currently
ships with WP.
Current shipping products that use the same drivers as WordPerfect
5.1 (DrawPerfect 1.1, PlanPerfect 5.1, and LetterPerfect 1.0) do
not have the ability to support the printer in the color mode.
Users are welcome to submit enhancement requests via the
WordPerfect BBS by sending a message to Dale Bodily. Please
include the product name in your request, as well as the
enhancement you would like to be added to a future release of the
product (e.g. I would like to have a future version of WordPerfect
support color printing for the HP DeskJet 500C printer).