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Program: HP Deskjet 870C driver for WB V1.4
Author: Peter Hutchison
Date: 28/6/98
Version: 1.4
Requirements: Any Amiga, WB 1.3 or better
Introduction
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This is my third driver to be released . This is a colour printer driver for
the 800 series of Hewlett Packard Deskjet printers.
Features
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Colour: CMYK (Colour AND Black) ie Dual-cartridge printers
Photo cartridges are NOT supported. Sorry.
Resolution: 75 to 600 dpi.
Graphics: Upto 600 x 300 colour, 600 x 600 b/w
Aspect: Portrait and Landscape
Output: B&W and Colour Text,
B&W, greyscale and colour graphics
Symbol Sets: ANSI, UK, French, German, Spanish, Swedish, Norweigan,
and Italian.
Optimised for Speed
Compiled with SAS C 6.58
Densities
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0 75 x 75
1 75 x 75
2 150 x 150
3 150 x 150
4 300 x 300
5 300 x 300
6 600 x 600
7 600 x 600
US_LEGAL supports 14 inch paper.
W_TRACTOR supports 136 columns (A3).
NB 600 x 300 not supported as it produces 'crushed' output. I am unable
to resolve this. If colour works at 6 or 7 please inform me.
The 800 series does not have a Draft/Letter quality mode!
Supported Printers
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HP Deskjet 850C, 870C, 890C printers
HP PCL 3 Emulation
NB: The 820C is a Windows only printer and won't work on the Amiga. Sorry.
Installation
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Drag the driver to Devs/Printers and select it with the Printer preferences
program. Also, set Paper Type to Single, and Paper Format to DIN A4, the paper
length should be 66 lines. Select SAVE.
Load PrinterGfx and set Floyd-Steinburg dithering, Integer Scaling, Positive
Image, Horz aspect, and Color. Using a Threshold of around 8 or less to
minimise use of ink and density 4 for general use. Select Save.
If you are experiencing problems with this driver send me email (see below).
History
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1.0 First release
1.1 Removed '0u' from init string, set topmargin to 0, reset density 6.
1.2 Update normal char set cmd. Added version string.
1.3 Fixed top and bottom margins.
Giftware
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This driver is Giftware, you are not obliged to send anything but if you
want to contribute to further driver development for this printer and others
then send me either money (5UKP), or old software (Send me a list first and they
must be originals):
Email: pjhutch@blizzard.u-net.com
Web: http://www.blizzard.u-net.com
or
Peter Hutchison
75 Lower Skircoat Green
Copley Lane
Halifax
W Yorks
England
HX3 0TG