dauksa@ecf.toronto.edu (Linas P Dauksa) (04/22/89)
I would like to use the HP DeskJet printer to produce quality output from desktop publishing packages such as Ventura and Pagemaker. I understand the DeskJet supports level 3 of the LaserJet graphics language. Will I be able to configure my software for a LaserJet printer and get full page graphics output on the DeskJet? HP recently announced DeskJet II. What are the improvements over version I? Thanks, Linas Dauksa
neff@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Dave Neff) (04/25/89)
The DeskJet and DeskJet+ are not page printers so LaserJet drivers will not work except for graphics only output (and sometimes there are even problems with that). There is a Microsoft Windows driver that supports the DeskJet printer (will also work with the DeskJet+) which I use with Pagemaker all the time. Always get a DeskJet driver for your application. LaserJet drivers sometimes do not work and often when they do work do not give optimal performance on a DeskJet or DeskJet+. The DeskJet windows driver comes with current releases of windows or you can get it from HP (call our support line at 208-353-2551). A DeskJet+ windows driver will soon be available to support the new DeskJet+ only font cartridges, but the current DeskJet windows driver will drive a DeskJet+ as long as DeskJet font cartridges are used. The main difference between the DeskJet and DeskJet+ is that the later is faster (especially for graphics, up to 5x faster), has more built in fonts, and built in landscape. If you use Pagemaker on an 8mhz PC it you will not even come close to keeping up with a DeskJet+ when doing complicated graphics and mixed text and graphics. Now on a faster PC you might come closer to getting the most out of a DeskJet+. If you see a DeskJet and DeskJet+ side by side printing (especially graphics or desktop publishing) the DeskJet+ will be a clear winner and the street price difference isn't really all that much. If you have a slow PC and/or do mostly text only output, no landscape, no 30 point fonts the DeskJet will save you a bit of money. The DeskJet+ also has a larger addressing space and there are new DeskJet+ only cartridges that support more fonts per cartridge and point sizes up to 30 point. All DeskJet cartridges (except the Epson emulation) work in the DeskJet+ but DeskJet+ cartridges will not work in a DeskJet. Dave Neff hpfcla!hpvcfs1!neff
howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM (Howard Stateman) (04/25/89)
>I would like to use the HP DeskJet printer to produce quality output >from desktop publishing packages such as Ventura and Pagemaker. The Deskjet comes with a diskette of drivers for several software packages, including Lotus & Pagemaker. It is usually up to the software vendor to build the driver, and bundle it with their product. >I understand the DeskJet supports level 3 of the LaserJet graphics >language. Will I be able to configure my software for a LaserJet >printer and get full page graphics output on the DeskJet? >Linas Dauksa No, there are enough differences between the Laserjet and Deskjet codes, that most software will burp when you configure the software for an HP Laserjet Printer and then send it to a Deskjet. This is usually because the software's printer driver for the Laserjet is incomplete, and not due to any incompatibility between the two printers' code sets. My best advice is to contact your software vendor to find out the extent of their Deskjet support. Or any of their printer support. -------------------------------------------------------------------- |Howard Stateman, Hewlett-Packard Response Center, Mountain View, CA | |howeird@hpwrce.HP.COM or hplabs!hpwrce!howeird | |Disclaimer: I couldn't possibly speak for HP. I know too much. | |--------------------------------------------------------------------| |Sysop of the Anatomically Correct BBS (415) 364-3739 | --------------------------------------------------------------------