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From: federico@heinz.com (Federico Heinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce
Subject: PRESS RELEASE: F. HEINZ Consultora announces Dots 3.5.5, featuring
support for Epson Stylus Color
Date: 16 Dec 1994 23:37:08 -0500
Approved: sanguish@digifix.com
Reply-To: info@heinz.com
F. HEINZ Consultora Announces Dots 3.5.5
F. HEINZ Consultora announces the availability of version 3.5.5
of Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under
NEXTSTEP. This version features support for the Epson Stylus and
Epson Stylus Color printers, as well as enhanced suport for other
ESC/P2 printers and minor bug fixes. The multi-architecture
program for Motorola and Intel hardware and sample files may be
retrieved by anonymous FTP from
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware
/printer/Dots3.5.5-Readme.rtf
ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Commercial/hardware
/printer/Dots.3.5.5.NI.b.tar.gz
and from other NEXTSTEP archive sites. The program works
in demo mode until properly licensed. Pricing information is
available on request from the addresses listed below.
======================================================================
Welcome to Dots 3.5.5
Dots is a printer driver for bitmap printers under NeXTSTEP. It
supports a wide range of printers of different technologies,
including impact dot matrix, ink-jet, laser printers and dye
sublimation printers.
Dots supports all standard paper formats and even non-standard
ones, as long as they make sense on your printer. Depending on
your printer's capabilities, more than one resolution may be
available. Of course, the printout pages come out of the printer
in the right order, and thanks to NeXT's unified imaging model,
Dots works with all applications, and produces the best-quality
graphics your printer is capable of putting on paper.
Installing and configuring printers for use with Dots is a simple
matter of point-and-click. You can export printers to a NetInfo
domain, and modify a printer's configuration at any time.
Dots is seamlessly integrated into the NeXTSTEP environment,
allowing you to print on any one of the supported printers using
the standard Print panel and its Options subpanel.
In addition to the standard NeXTSTEP configuration and print
options, Dots offers an alternate interface to provide fine
control over print job parameters and in particular
printer-specific features though feature inspectors that pop up
immediately before the document starts printing.
For those "printers" that happen to be copiers, Dots supports
scanning as well, allowing you to exploit the device's full
potential.
Dots currently supports the following printers:
24-pin impact dot-matrix printers:
Epson
NEC PinWriter
IBM ProPrinter XL24
Ink-jet printers:
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet Plus
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 500C
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 550C
Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 1200C
Hewlett-Packard PaintJet XL
Hewlett-Packard PaintJet XL300
Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 600
Hewlett-Packard DesignJet 650
Canon BJ-300/330
Canon BJ-10/10e/10ex
Epson Stylus
Epson Stylus Color
Laser printers:
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet II
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet III
Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IV
Dye sublimation printers:
Seiko PhotoMaker
Copiers:
Canon CLC10 (aka CJ-10)
Canon CLC300
Canon CLC500
Other printers may work as well, provided they are compatible to
at least one printer from the above list.
Dots will drive any and all of the above printers. Just plug it
to the computer, create a Dots printer for it, and you are set.
By default, Dots will drive the printer in demo mode. Demo mode
means that Dots will work just as usual, but it will print a
diagonal line over each page, and a banner at its bottom.
To get the printer to work in regular mode, you must purchase a
License ID for it, which you can get from your NEXTSTEP software
dealer, or from one of the addresses listed under the heading
"Purchase information" in the on-line help. A License ID entitles
you to use Dots to drive one printer, you will need a separate
License ID for each printer you want to use, even if more than one
is of the same type.
About F. HEINZ Consultora
F. HEINZ Consultora is a privately-held network consulting
and software development company located in Cordoba,
Argentina. We are committed to the production of
high-quality solutions for NEXTSTEP users and developers,
and to the development and deployment of NEXTSTEP-based
customer solutions. Our product line currently includes
Dots, the printer driver for non-PostScript printers under
NEXTSTEP, and InterfaceViewer, the user interface
documentation program for NEXTSTEP developers.
FOR MORE INFORMATION contact us at our development labs in
F. HEINZ Consultora
Benigno Acosta 4528
5009 V. Centenario
Cordoba, Argentina
Tel+Fax: (+54 51) 81 75 97
E-Mail: info@heinz.com