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- From: paul@moore.com (Paul Maclauchlan)
- Subject: Re: Deskjet 500C and Wordperfect 5.1
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.124405.20004@moore.com>
- Organization: Moore Corporation Limited, Toronto ON, Canada
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 12:44:05 GMT
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- Robin van der Kuil (Robin.van.der.Kuil@p30.f506.n281.z2.interfhq) wrote:
- : Does anyone has or know where I can find the printer-
- : driver for the Deskjet 500c to work with Wordperfect 5.1
- : I prefer an anonymous FTP site....
-
- Here's the scoop from the WordPerfect BBS:
-
-
- HP DeskJet 500C -- Why WordPerfect Hasn't Written a Driver
-
- REVISED June 11, 1992
-
- > Note: The HP DeskJet 500C will print graphics in color in
- WordPerfect 5.1 for Windows as long as the Windows
- HP DeskJet 500C printer driver is selected. Also,
- the Fast Graphics Printing option must be UNMARKED in
- WPWin. The Fast Graphic Printing option is found in
- the Print Settings dialog box under File|Preferences|
- Print. This information also applies to the HP PaintJet.
-
- > Note: There is a GSS driver available (file dated 3/4/92) for
- DrawPerfect 1.x and PlanPerfect 5.1 that supports the
- HP DeskJet 500C in eight colors. This driver is NOT
- available for download, but may be ordered by calling
- DrawPerfect Support at 800-541-5098 or 801-226-8766.
- The GSS driver will NOT work in any other programs other
- than DrawPerfect or PlanPerfect.
-
- Explanation:
- Hewlett-Packard has released a printer called the HP DeskJet 500C.
- The printer has two modes: a monochrome mode and a color graphics
- mode. In the monochrome mode, the printer is identical to an
- HP DeskJet 500. When the color ink cartridge is installed, the
- printer is a graphics-only printer. Since WordPerfect does not
- rasterize the whole page and send it out as a graphic, it is unable
- to support the printer in color. It was decided between
- HP and WPCorp that WP would not ship an HP DeskJet 500C driver in
- 5.1 because users may assume color support is available. Users who
- need a driver should use the HP DeskJet 500 driver that currently
- ships with WP.
-
- Current shipping products that use the same printer drivers as
- WordPerfect 5.1 (DrawPerfect 1.1, PlanPerfect 5.1, and
- LetterPerfect 1.0) do not have the ability to support the printer
- in the color mode. See GSS information above.
-
- Users are welcome to submit enhancement requests via the
- WordPerfect BBS by sending a message to Dale Bodily, or by leaving
- a message on CompuServe to WPC Enhancements [73447,754]. Please
- include the product name in your request, as well as the enhancement
- you would like to be added to a future release of the product
- (e.g. I would like to have a future version of WordPerfect support
- color printing for the HP DeskJet 500C printer).
-
- END OF FILE
-
-
- Compuserve accounts can be sent Internet email. WPC Enhancements
- would be: 73447.754@compuserve.com
-
-
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- .../Paul Maclauchlan
- Moore Corporation Limited, Toronto, Ontario (416) 364-2600
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