#AMIGA WITH HP DJET 500C
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I have an Amiga. I recently purchase a Hewlett Packard Deskjet 500C color
printer to be able to do some color printing. Drivers for the Amiga system
are not supplied by HP. I have checked with Commodore as to the
availability of a driver for the HP Dj 500C only to be told that the latest
version of Workbench does not support this printer in color but only as an
ordinary Deskjet 500 in B & W. Do you know of anyone that has found
drivers for the 500C or of third party software available for Amiga that
would support this printer. This printer has been out for over a year and
still no support from Amiga/Commodore !!!
You'll be able to find the driver by searching the HP Peripherals forum. GO
HPPERIPHERALS. You can also get one from mail order in some of the stores
in AmigaWorld.
Bob
Thanks for the info. I did find one in drivers but the Amiga belongs to a
friend of mine. I'm on an IBM system and now we are searching for a way to
download it on my IBM and then convert it for him to be able to read it and
load it on his system. There is no one around here who seem to have an
AMiga with a modem
Dick
Dick,
You will need to get a copy of CrossDos. He should be able to get
one at a retailer or through mail order. CrossDos will allow him to read
MSDOS disks on the Amiga…tel him it's a must have!!! Tell him I said so
(and than he'll say "Who?") 🙂
Bob
Two things:
First, the latest upgrade of AmigaDOS (2.1, I think?) comes with a driver
for the HPDJ500C… The upgrade is around $45 (you need the 2.04 ROM,
first).
Second: If your friend with the Amiga has CrossDOS, there's no problem. You
can download the file onto your IBM, onto a 720K floppy, and he can read it
off that disk with CrossDOS (the latest version just came out – and it
includes CrossPC [C
By the way, I have a DJ500C also, and love it!!
Hope this was helpful…
– Rob.
Dick,
The drivers that come with 2.0 *do* support the HP Deskjet 500C–in color
even. I use it all of the time.
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Dick,
Look in Library 10 Printer Drivers. There should be a driver called
DJ500C.LZH.
Chris
Dick,
I have an HP Deskjet 500C color printer that I am using with the Deskjet
500C driver supplied by Commodore on the Amiga Extras disk that is part of
the latest 2.1 version of the Amiga Dos operating system. I don't know
why Commodore would tell you that they don't make a driver for this
printer! This upgrade from 2.04 is available from Creative Computers or
from many Amiga dealers. The driver works fine in both black and white and
color. Another driver available for the 500C is the Super DJC driver from
Creative Focus Box 580 Chenango Bridge, NY 13745-0580.
Tom
I'm not sure what the definition of `latest version of workbench' is, but
both WB2.1 and WB3.0 come with a colour 500C driver. A friend of mine who
has a deskjet reckons that it is the best one he's used.
Comments have been made on CIS before though, that there is no driver for
the 550C that takes advantage of the black ink cartridge on colour dumps.
Steve the G. [BEDFORDSHIRE, UK]