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StyleWriter I+ hack
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Based heavily on the StyleWriter II Hack released by Adam Schenker.
Even parts fo this 'read me' file were stolen from him ;-)
This is not an Apple supported product. It is not even an Apple approved
product. Please make a duplicate of your drivers before working on this
hack. While I have not seen any adverse effects, I still strongly recommend
a full backup of your files.
About this hack:
---------------
The StyleWriter II driver works on both original StyleWriters and new
StyleWriter IIs. The StyleWriter II driver is much superior to the StyleWriter
driver 7.2.3, as it prints faster, can print grayscale, and can be shared over a
network.
The catch: If you use the StyleWriter II driver with an original StyleWriter and
select the 'Clean Ink Head...' check-box under 'Options', it WILL DESTROY YOUR INK
CARTRIDGE!!!
This is where the hack comes in. It disables both the 'Options' button and the
'Clean Ink Head...' check box so you can't accidentally (or intentionally) destroy
your ink cartridge. This hack also modifies the balloon help for these items and
changes the version info so you will know you are working with a modified driver.
Plus, you get the original icons instead of the silly-looking SW II icons.
How to install it: (installation requires ResEdit or similar software)
1. Open up the 'StyleWriter I+ hack' file with ResEdit.
2. Open a COPY of your original 'StyleWriter II' driver with ResEdit.
3. With the 'StyleWriter I+ hack' the active window, choose 'Select All'
from the 'Edit' menu. All the resources (little icons) should be
surrounded by black boxes in the 'StyleWriter I+ hack' window.
4. Select 'Copy' from the 'Edit' menu.
5. Click on the other window (the one that is a copy of your StyleWriter II
driver) to make it the active window.
6. Select 'Paste' from the 'Edit' menu.
7. You should get a dialog box asking if you want to replace resources
with the same IDs. Click the 'Yes' button.
8. Optionally, you may wish to delete the 'IJR2' resource -- it is not needed.
9. Select 'Save' from the 'File' menu.
A. Your StyleWriter II driver is now patched. However, we need to tell the
Finder a few things.
B. Select 'Get Info for StyleWriter I+ hack' from the File menu.
C. Change the Creator code from 'IJR2' to 'IJRT'.
D. Clear the Inited bit so that Finder notices the changes.
E. Quit ResEdit and put the driver in your Extensions folder. Try it out and
see if it works. If not, well, now you know why you were working on a copy. :)
F. Enjoy.
How it works:
All we did was do some tinkering with ResEdit. The hack file contains no code from
the original StyleWriter II driver. All it has are modified 'BNDL', 'FREF',
'icl4', 'icl8', 'ICN#', ics#', ics4', 'ics8', and 'IJRT' resources tha contain
information for the Finder and the Desktop databases. It also contains the
new 'cicn', 'SICN', and 'ICON' resources to display SW I instead of SW II icons
in dialogs. We also altered the 'DITL', 'PICT', 'STR ', and 'STR#' resources
to refer to StyleWiter I+ rather than the StyleWriter II. Finally, the 'vers'
resources provide updated version information.
Specifically, the 'Enable' check-box has been turned off for the 'Options' button
and the 'Clean ink head...' check-box. You won't be able to use either of them,
and their ballon help will not be available. In essence, it is just a few cosmetic
changes, but it could save you from having a very bad day.
If you find this useful or have problems, send me some e-mail.
Igor Livshits
igorl@uiuc.edu
P.S.
Hey Apple! How about a new StyleWriter driver for those of us who bought one
of the originals? Remember us? We're the ones who bought them BEFORE you
improved the printing speed and added background printing. :) --AS
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Version history
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StyleWriter I+ hack (1.1)
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1. Changed 3 'PICT' resources to refer to StyleWriter I+ and erased the 'Options'
button.
2. Renumbered instruction in HEX to accommodate more of them ;-)
3. Added and fixed the bundle information for the Finder and Desktop.
4. Added and fixed all icon related resources.
5. Added the 'IJRT' resource used by the 'BNDL' -- 'IJR2' is now useless.
6. Updated the 'vers' resources.
7. Updated the 'DITL' resources to refer to StyleWriter I+
StyleWriter II Hack (1.0)
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Original release patched 'DITL', 'STR ', 'STR#', and 'vers' resources.
By Adam Schenker.