FC-II fonts & HP 500-C
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Hi! I just ordered Final Copy II to go with my new HP DeskJet 500-C
printer on my A3000. I was wondering whether I need to purchase a RAM
cartridge for the printer in order to use the outline fonts that come with
Final Copy. If anyone could help, it would be most appreciated. Thanks!
— Dave
Dave,
You won't need to purchase any extra RAM for the printer. However,
while Final Copy II has the best output of any word processor for the
Amiga, be forewarned that it also has the slowest output. The amount of
time it will take for your computer to finish sending the information to
your printer will be less with extra printer RAM, this is especially true
of smaller documents.
Congratulations on your new HP DeskJet 500C! It's my third favorite
color printer, right after the PaintJet XL300 (a _very_ expensive color
Postscript ink-jet) and the DeskJet 550C. Unfortunately, I don't own a
signle one of these fine machines.
Ric Fischer
SoftWood Tech Support
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
(602) 431-9151
Ric,
You don't know of a driver for the XL300 do you, I picked one up very
cheap but can only use the 180dpi driver at the moment. Apparently HP are
bringing out a ps card for it.
Andrew.
Andrew,
To the best of my knowledge, the HP PaintJet XL300 _is_ a Postscript
printer, which is why it costs so much. I know that the one at SoftWood
is definitely Postscript. Both the Final Copy II internal Postscript
driver and the 2.1/3.0 Postscript printer driver work just fine with it.
Ric Fischer
SoftWood Tech Support
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
(602) 431-9151
The XL300 actually comes as a colour PCL printer, the PS emulation card
for it has only just become available (in the UK) perhaps it is bundled in
the US, anyway its a great printer… a bit heavy though !
Andrew.
Please note that Dave Arre's question was regarding the RAM Cartridge that
plugs into the top panel of the deskjet. On my 500 this ram cannot be used
for printer buffer RAM. On the 550 I believe that the cartridge CAN be
used for printer buffer ram. In any event I wanted to warn you of this
distinction as it pertains to some models of the DeskJet in case you
weren't aware of it.
-J