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- From: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: GEOS and HP Deskjet 500?
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 08:43:21 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <8680037@hpavla.lf.hp.com> <BxGEHF.92o@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>
- Reply-To: ac803@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Michael W. Kelley)
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- In a previous article, harding@hpavla.lf.hp.com (Ken Harding) says:
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- >In comp.sys.cbm, mphall@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Michael Hall) writes:
- >
- >
- >> ... I'd like to know if there is a printer driver for the Hewlett
- >> Packard DeskJet or DeskJet 500 in Geos 2.0.
- >
- >> Mike
- >
- >> --
- >
- >No there is not a printer driver for the HPDeskJet in GEOS 2.0, meaning not
- >included with the program. However, there are GEOS drivers available for the
- >DeskJet. Check some of the BBS' or ftp sites on the NET (i.e. milton). I
- >personally know of a driver that exists on Q-Link because I downloaded it for
- >my DeskJet. I don't use it regularly though, because it supports 100 dpi mode
- >only and not the 300 dpi mode. Bummer! But if you're looking to just be able
- >to use the DeskJet with GEOS for general printouts it's okay.
- There are actually TWO Deskjet files on Q, and one is over 200 blocks long.
- I downloaded them and will be pasing them along to Michael Hall via
- Snailmail. Hopefully he can give someinput on how well they work and what
- the differences are between the two.
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