#HP 4 Series Printers
04-Apr-94 10:14:36
Sb: #137767-#HP 4 Series Printers
Fm: Patricia Wilkinson 75355,1550
To: Kelly Jordan 76475,1146
Kelly–
Thanks for all the info on the HP contact numbers. If you scanned some of the
other messages, you may have seen that I decided to take the plunge and buy the
4MP. I'm really pleased with it–particularly the postscript side–makes DTP
printing a breeze!!!
I downloaded your driver. Although it worked with Maxiplan and Superbase, I
couldn't get it to work in dot matrix mode in Ppage (a mode I'll probably never
touch again) and with GPFax. In both cases, the programs and the printer acted
as information was being passed along, but when the page that was printed was
blank. I set the printer, while using GPFax to 300dpi, and it made no
difference. The same thing happened with the regular (for the 2, I believe) HP
printer driver.
Then I decided to use the DeskJet printer driver (setting the printer again at
300 dpi, but I'm not sure that made any difference), and the damdest thing
happened. I got my fax printed out. It makes no sense to me, but hey, it
worked. (I had even left a message on the Supra bulletin board to see if there
was anything they could do for me.)
I have no idea why your driver didn't work with those two programs. I do know
that there are certain things that I've never been able to do with GPFax (e.g.,
create faxes out of Ppage products). It may be that my kickstart is too old,
or GPF just doesn't like Amigados 1.3.
Thanks again–
Pat