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- Update kit for !Printers 1.53, 06-Nov-1996
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-
- What is the update kit for?
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-
- This update kit for !Printers 1.53 tackles two problems that
- have affected some users.
-
- Most of those affected by the problems will be using RISC OS
- 3.1 on older Acorn machines. Not all RISC OS 3.1 users are
- affected.
-
- A small number of users with RISC OS 3.5 or 3.6 on Risc PC's
- or A7000's may be affected.
-
- The two problems are:
-
- - Established applications that printed reliably with
- !Printers 1.28 or earlier sometimes/always encounter
- errors and fail to complete a print.
-
- - Newer Hewlett Packard printers cannot be used because
- output to them from the Acorn parallel port is extremely
- slow.
-
- These updates are supplied in good faith, and should remove
- the above problems entirely. However, please note that it
- is not possible for Acorn to test and guarantee the updates
- for all applications, nor for all Hewlett Packard printers,
- with all combinations of Acorn machine.
-
-
- Should I install the updates?
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-
- If you are using !Printers 1.53 then we recommend that you
- install this update kit.
-
- If you are using !Printers 1.52 or earlier, then we recommend
- that you obtain !Printers 1.53 and then install this update kit.
-
- You can obtain !Printers 1.53 (and this update kit) free from
- Acorn's ftp site, or contact your local dealer (and there may
- then be a small charge).
-
- Users of !Printers 1.54 should install the RISC OS 3.7 ROM patches
- rather than this patch; the ROM patch is available as
- ftp.acorn.co.uk:/pub/riscos/patches/riscos370sa.arc
-
- How do I install the updates?
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-
- 1) Check that you are using !Printers 1.53. You can find the
- version number by running !Printers. Use the menu on the
- !Printers icon on the icon bar, and look at the Info box.
-
- 2) Take a backup of your current !Printers 1.53 if desired
- (this is just a precaution). Quit !Printers, if it is
- running.
-
- 3) Open the !Printers directory, by holding down a shift key
- and double-clicking on the !Printers icon in the disc
- viewer. (You will need to find where !Printers is installed
- on your disc.)
-
- 4) Copy the !Run file and the Modules directory (supplied in
- this update kit) into the !Printers directory you have
- just opened. These items update those already there.
-
- !Printers 1.53 is now updated, and can be used as normal.
-