jeroen@phil.ruu.nl (Jeroen Scheerder) (09/21/90)
The DeskJet PLUS has a problem when connected to the ST: if you switch it on after ST powerup, the ST's hardware gets confused. It tells you the printer is not available. As long as the printer is connected but not switched ON the ST thinks it is there and ready to print. For the first problem I've written an ACC that resets the appropriate ST hardware if it finds the printer unavailable; it also serves as a configuration program for the printer (orientation, line spacing, pitch, quality, margins). I'll post it to the binaries soon, along with a NEAT screen dumper for the DeskJet/+/500 (centered screen dumps, XBRA installation, compressed graphics data transfer, about 750 bytes). Should show up in a couple of weeks. The second problem I cannot solve the software way. There may be a hardware modification that solves the problem, if so I would like to know.