1st Word Printer Driver
                       for HP Laser Jet II


                          by John Krohn


     The HPLSRJET.HEX file that accompanies this file will drive 
the HP LaserJet II laser printer from the 1st Word word processor.  
The driver allows the user to implement bold, underlining, sub- 
and super-scripts and virtually all of the Atari character set 
with the exception of the Hebrew characters.  When used with a 
font cartridge supporting the extra fonts required, light and 
italics text are available.  I received the basic driver file from 
Gregg Anderson and have modified it to enable sub- and super-
scripts and some additional characters.  I also eliminated the 
references to NLQ printing since the LaserJet is a letter quality 
printer.  Again, due to the default character sets in the LaserJet 
II, the legal symbols (copyright, trademark, etc.) are unavailable 
unless the HP Legal font is installed as a cartridge.  There may 
be other character sets which also contain these symbols that I am 
not aware of at this time.  I was also unable to coax a complete 
listing of the Latin character set from the printer, but have been 
promised one by a HP representative.  If this character set proves 
to hold some missing or useful characters, an update to the driver 
will be posted.

     I did experience one problem in using the LaserJet.  In 
certain cases the printer would eject an extra blank page 
following each page of text.  I was unable to track down the cause 
of this error.  I do not believe that it is caused by anything in 
the driver, but somewhat suspect problems with the Control Panel 
accessory.  I experienced the best luck in avoiding this problem
when the INSTALL PRINTER accessory was set for 960 pixels per line.
Any improvements or suggestions for future updates/revisions to this
driver are welcome.  I am not able to use the LaserJet often as it
is located at work and my computer stays at home.  Therefore,
improved revisions may be somewhat slow in coming.  I wish everyone
trying to use the LaserJet with the ST good luck and happy computing.

                                   John Krohn  (J.KROHN)