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- StyleWriter I+ hack
- ===================
- Based heavily on the StyleWriter II Hack released by Adam Schenker.
- Even parts fo this 'read me' file were stolen from him ;-)
-
- This is not an Apple supported product. It is not even an Apple approved
- product. Please make a duplicate of your drivers before working on this
- hack. While I have not seen any adverse effects, I still strongly recommend
- a full backup of your files.
-
-
- About this hack:
- ---------------
- The StyleWriter II driver works on both original StyleWriters and new
- StyleWriter IIs. The StyleWriter II driver is much superior to the StyleWriter
- driver 7.2.3, as it prints faster, can print grayscale, and can be shared over a
- network.
-
- The catch: If you use the StyleWriter II driver with an original StyleWriter and
- select the 'Clean Ink Head...' check-box under 'Options', it WILL DESTROY YOUR INK
- CARTRIDGE!!!
-
- This is where the hack comes in. It disables both the 'Options' button and the
- 'Clean Ink Head...' check box so you can't accidentally (or intentionally) destroy
- your ink cartridge. This hack also modifies the balloon help for these items and
- changes the version info so you will know you are working with a modified driver.
- Plus, you get the original icons instead of the silly-looking SW II icons.
-
- How to install it: (installation requires ResEdit or similar software)
-
- 1. Open up the 'StyleWriter I+ hack' file with ResEdit.
- 2. Open a COPY of your original 'StyleWriter II' driver with ResEdit.
- 3. With the 'StyleWriter I+ hack' the active window, choose 'Select All'
- from the 'Edit' menu. All the resources (little icons) should be
- surrounded by black boxes in the 'StyleWriter I+ hack' window.
- 4. Select 'Copy' from the 'Edit' menu.
- 5. Click on the other window (the one that is a copy of your StyleWriter II
- driver) to make it the active window.
- 6. Select 'Paste' from the 'Edit' menu.
- 7. You should get a dialog box asking if you want to replace resources
- with the same IDs. Click the 'Yes' button.
- 8. Optionally, you may wish to delete the 'IJR2' resource -- it is not needed.
- 9. Select 'Save' from the 'File' menu.
- A. Your StyleWriter II driver is now patched. However, we need to tell the
- Finder a few things.
- B. Select 'Get Info for StyleWriter I+ hack' from the File menu.
- C. Change the Creator code from 'IJR2' to 'IJRT'.
- D. Clear the Inited bit so that Finder notices the changes.
- E. Quit ResEdit and put the driver in your Extensions folder. Try it out and
- see if it works. If not, well, now you know why you were working on a copy. :)
- F. Enjoy.
-
- How it works:
-
- All we did was do some tinkering with ResEdit. The hack file contains no code from
- the original StyleWriter II driver. All it has are modified 'BNDL', 'FREF',
- 'icl4', 'icl8', 'ICN#', ics#', ics4', 'ics8', and 'IJRT' resources tha contain
- information for the Finder and the Desktop databases. It also contains the
- new 'cicn', 'SICN', and 'ICON' resources to display SW I instead of SW II icons
- in dialogs. We also altered the 'DITL', 'PICT', 'STR ', and 'STR#' resources
- to refer to StyleWiter I+ rather than the StyleWriter II. Finally, the 'vers'
- resources provide updated version information.
-
- Specifically, the 'Enable' check-box has been turned off for the 'Options' button
- and the 'Clean ink head...' check-box. You won't be able to use either of them,
- and their ballon help will not be available. In essence, it is just a few cosmetic
- changes, but it could save you from having a very bad day.
-
- If you find this useful or have problems, send me some e-mail.
-
- Igor Livshits
- igorl@uiuc.edu
-
- P.S.
- Hey Apple! How about a new StyleWriter driver for those of us who bought one
- of the originals? Remember us? We're the ones who bought them BEFORE you
- improved the printing speed and added background printing. :) --AS
-
-
- -=-=-=-=-=-=-
-
- Version history
- ===============
- StyleWriter I+ hack (1.1)
- -------------------------
- 1. Changed 3 'PICT' resources to refer to StyleWriter I+ and erased the 'Options'
- button.
- 2. Renumbered instruction in HEX to accommodate more of them ;-)
- 3. Added and fixed the bundle information for the Finder and Desktop.
- 4. Added and fixed all icon related resources.
- 5. Added the 'IJRT' resource used by the 'BNDL' -- 'IJR2' is now useless.
- 6. Updated the 'vers' resources.
- 7. Updated the 'DITL' resources to refer to StyleWriter I+
-
- StyleWriter II Hack (1.0)
- -------------------------
- Original release patched 'DITL', 'STR ', 'STR#', and 'vers' resources.
- By Adam Schenker.
-