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- From: brett@world.std.com (Brett Hogden)
- Subject: Re: Using an HP Deskjet 500C with Newsprint
- In-Reply-To: brown@ftms.UUCP's message of 22 Jul 92 16:47:42 GMT
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- References: <1992Jul21.184943.6688@kodak.kodak.com> <254@ftms.UUCP>
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 23:10:51 GMT
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- In article <254@ftms.UUCP> brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot) writes:
-
- From: brown@ftms.UUCP (Vidiot)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.apps,comp.sys.sun.hardware
- Date: 22 Jul 92 16:47:42 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.184943.6688@kodak.kodak.com>
-
- In article <1992Jul21.184943.6688@kodak.kodak.com>
- dennett@sunshine.Kodak.COM (Charlie Dennett) writes:
- <
- <So, can I use the 500C with Newprint and get color output? If so,
- <how. (The sparcprinter is driven from the lpvi port of the sparccard
- <and the 500C from the parallel port.)
-
- A NeWSprint 2.0 driver needs to be written for the 500C. If you do
- it, or find one, please let us all know, since there are a few
- others in the same boat.
-
- Last week I coaxed Sun into e-mailing me the driver, and mentioned it
- to some people who I knew to be looking for it. I've since put it on
- ftp.uu.net:/tmp/NeWSprint-2.0/djc/. There is a README which describes
- the files in the directory, a CHECKSUMS file to make sure you're
- getting the proper beasties, the version I received from Sun
- (djc-sundist.tar.Z), and the version that works (djc.tar.Z). The
- patch file (patch01) clears up the only [known] error in the package
- from np-archive: the driver name was set to "pj" instead of "djc", the
- default name.
-
- I have spoken several times with Sun, each time having someone claim
- that it's a different group's problem. I think they finally realise
- that a service they advertise in the NeWSprint distribution is
- dysfunctional, and so it is perhaps being checked into.
-
- As an aside, the only thing I can get from np-archive@sun.com is a
- nice ack message telling me that my request (send printer deskjet) is
- small enough to be processed immediately, with the output being a
- single line: iso_8859_1. Mail to manager-np-archive@sun.com dies a
- horrid death & bounces back. Again, I guess Sun knows of the problem
- and may or may not be fixing it.
-
- I'm still in the market for a the paintjet driver, m'self. Anyone
- have it?
-
- The CHECKSUMS file follows, since of course that could get corrupted
- by anyone :-).
-
- Enjoy,
- Brett Hogden
- brett@world.std.com
-
- === CHECKSUMS ===
- 52430 1 README
- 46829 158 djc-sundist.tar.Z
- 33590 158 djc.tar.Z
- 64398 1 patch01
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