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- Amiga Wordperfect Printer Driver for the HP Deskjet
- ---------------------------------------------------
- Converted from the IBM version supplied by HP
- by Charles Tyson 5/8/88
-
-
- Note: I am uploading the "small file" versions of the printer
- files. This is good for saving money online, but it means you
- won't be able to fix any mistakes yourself (unless I'm making some
- dumb mistake, the Printdef program gurus when asked to alter the
- small files.) If you spot an error, send E-mail to C-M-T on
- Plink.
-
-
- Besides this doc file, you should find 4 files after unarcing:
- sprinter.cmt
- sfont.cmt
- sfeed.cmt
- {sys}.cmt
- Before Wordperfect can use these files, you must rename them with
- the CLI commands:
- rename sprinter.cmt sprinter.prt
- rename sfont.cmt sfont.prt
- rename sfeed.cmt sfeed.prt
- rename {sys}.cmt {sys}.prt
- But BEFORE you give that command, SAVE your existing .prt files
- onto another disk! I put the .cmt extension on my files so they
- wouldn't accidentally erase yours during unARCing.
-
-
- There are six printers in the sprinter.prt file:
- Deskjet (Plain Jane)
- Deskjet (TmsRmn)
- Deskjet (Helv)
- and three others which just happen to be in my file: Amiga
- printer, DOS text printer, and Epson FX.
-
-
- In the following tables, Pitch is the response you should give
- Wordperfect after pressing Ctrl-F8 and choosing the Font item.
- "Prop?" tells whether the font is proportional or not.
-
-
- Deskjet (Plain Jane) is for the user with no font cartridges or
- softfonts. It uses the internal Courier typeface only. The fonts
- included are:
-
- Font Typeface Pitch Prop? Notes
- ---- -------- ----- ----- -----
- 1. Courier 10 N (12 point type)
- 2. Courier 10 N ( 6 point or half-height)
- 3. Courier 17 N (12 point, 16.67 pitch)
- 4. Courier 17 N ( 6 point)
- 5. Courier 20 N (12 point)
- 6. Courier 20 N ( 6 point)
- 7. Courier 5 N (12 point)
- 8. Courier 5 N ( 6 point)
-
-
- Deskjet TmsRmn is for use with the TmsRmn cartridge or soft fonts.
- Note that in TmsRmn, this driver will only print ASCII characters
- 32-127. However, the Courier typeface allows printing of all 255
- Deskjet characters.
-
- Font Typeface Pitch Prop? Notes
- ---- -------- ----- ----- -----
- 1. TmsRmn 15 Y (10 point type, the "usual")
- 2. TmsRmn 11 Y (14 point, the largest)
- 3. TmsRmn 13 Y (12 point, very legible)
- 4. TmsRmn 18 Y ( 8 point, footnote size)
- 5. TmsRmn 18 Y ( 7 point, derived from 14)
- 6. TmsRmn 20 Y ( 6 point, derived from 12)
- 7. Courier 10 N (12 point)
- 8. Courier 17 N (12 point, 16.67 pitch)
-
-
- Deskjet Helv, like TmsRmn, only supports ASCII characters 32-127.
-
- Font Typeface Pitch Prop? Notes
- ---- -------- ----- ----- -----
- 1. Helv 15 Y (10 point type, the "usual")
- 2. Helv 10 Y (14 point, the largest)
- 3. Helv 12 Y (12 point, very legible)
- 4. Helv 18 Y ( 8 point, footnote size)
- 5. Helv 18 Y ( 7 point, derived from 14)
- 6. Helv 20 Y ( 6 point, derived from 12)
- 7. Courier 10 N (12 point)
- 8. Courier 17 N (12 point, 16.67 pitch)
-
-
- Now for the miscellaneous notes and hints I have accumulated.
-
- First, I wouldn't try to change fonts in the middle of a line.
- The spacing is almost sure to be messed up.
-
- When you change pitch, you must change the margins as well. It's
- a good idea to define a set of macros to do everything at once.
- Mine, if I can quote from memory properly, look like this:
-
- Home-Home-Home-LeftArrow (make sure the cursor moves to the
- far left margin)
- Shift-F8 (line format)
- 3 (change margins)
- nn (substitute new left margin)
- Return
- nn (substitute new right margin)
- Return
- Ctrl-F8 (print format)
- 1 (font change)
- nn (substitute the pitch given above)
- Return
- y (if it's proportional; otherwise
- n)
- nn (substitute the font number)
- Return
- 0 (finished with print format)
-
- If this macro doesn't work for you, don't blame yourself--I
- probably left out a keystroke while scribbling.
-
- Setting margins with proportional fonts is tricky. Don't expect
- letters to line up on the left margin as neatly as they do with
- fixed fonts. From quick experiments, I think these values will
- give you 1-inch margins with the Helv font:
-
- 14 point Helv (font 2): left 7, right 73
- 12 point Helv (font 3): left 9, right 87
- 10 point Helv (font 1): left 11, right 110
- 8 point Helv (font 4): left 13, right 128
-
- If you use a proportional font, force yourself to TAB over instead
- of SPACEBARring to the right. It may look the same on the screen,
- but it's real different on paper.
-
- The pitch values given above are not carved in stone, but I
- haven't played around with them. I just copied what I found in
- the original HP doc file. If you want to see what Helv 12
- looks like at 13 or 11 pitch, feel free.
-
- When you use the 12- or 14-point fonts for more than one line,
- you may have to change the line spacing to prevent cramping. Try
- 1.5 spacing at 6 lines per inch.
-