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                   HP Deskjet 400C/400L Driver 
                      by Peter Hutchison
                         26/12/99 40.8


     @{"Introduction" link INTRO}

     @{"Requirements" link REQS}

     @{"Features" link FEAT}

     @{"Installation" link INSTAL}

     @{"Customisation" link CUSTOM}

     @{"Preferences" link PREFS}

     @{"History" link HIST}

     @{"Author" link AUTH}

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@NODE INTRO 

@{u}Introduction@{uu}

This is my second driver to be released . This is a colour printer driver for
the 800 series of Hewlett Packard Deskjet printers in particular the 87xC
88xC and 89xC printers. It should work on any other 800 serier printer except
the 820C which is a Windows only printer.


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@NODE REQS 

@{u}Requirements@{uu}

Computer: Any Amiga.
Memory: 1Mb or more
Workbench: WB 1.3 or better (upto 3.1)
Printer: HP Deskjet 400C, 400L or later 

Printer Enhancement packages, such as TurboPrint or Studio should
@{u}not@{uu} be used with this driver.

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@NODE FEAT 

@{u}Features@{uu}

Colour: CMYK (Colour AND Black) dual cartridges
        Photo cartridges are NOT supported. Sorry.

Resolution: 75 to 300 dpi.

Graphics: Upto 300 x 300 colour, b/w

Aspect:  Portrait and Landscape

Output:  B&W and Colour Text,
         B&W, greyscale and colour graphics

Typefaces: 
  ESC(B = Courier
  ESC(R = CG Times
  ESC(K = Letter Gothic
  ESC(A = Universal

 Uses character symbol sets fonts for other typefaces.

*NEW - Optimised for Speed and Versions for '000 and '020 processors.

Compiled with SAS C 6.58

@{u}Densities@{uu}

0 75 x 75
1 75 x 75
2 150 x 150
3 150 x 150
4 150 x 150
5 300 x 300
6 600 x 300
7 300 x 300

NB: 600x300 may produce crushed output in some cases.
US LEGAL supports 14in paper, use 10in for A4 and others.

Make sure you select a lower density before printing from
a Word Processor (usually defaults to 7).

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@NODE INSTAL 

@{u}Installation@{uu}

Run the Install_Driver and follow instructions, select the processor type 
(use 020 if you have a 030, 040 or 060) and Printer model closest to your
printer from the list given. 

If installing a new printer, run the Preferences to select the correct 
driver and set it up. See @{"Prefs" link PREFS}.

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@NODE CUSTOM

@{u}Customisation@{uu}

If you wish you can customize your driver to your language for text based
printing. The Driver defaults to ESC(1E for UK character set (ESC=1B). Use 
a binary editor (e.g. FileX) to change the above init string (4 chars) to 
another character set.
e.g.
ESC(8U = HP Roman 8
ESC(0N = Latin 1
ESC(1G = German (ISO 21)
ESC(1F = French (ISO 69)
ESC(0I = Italian (ISO 15)
ESC(2S = Spanish (ISO 17)
ESC(0S = Swedish (ISO 11)
ESC(1U = HP Legal
ESC(9T = Turkish
ESC(2N = Latin 2
ESC(5N = Latin 5

NB: Do not use longer commands eg ES(17U (PC-852) as that will overwrite the next
command or the printer will not init correctly.

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@NODE PREFS 

@{u}Preferences@{uu}
 
1. Printer

   Printer Type - select appropiate printer from list
   Printer Port - usually Parallel
   Printer Pitch - Pica, Elite of Fine (choose one that suits you) 
   Print Spacing - 6 or 8 lpi (I use 6)
   Print Quality - Use Letter for max quality
   Paper Type    - Use Single for paper such as A4
   Paper Format  - Use US Letter, US Legal or DIN A4 for paper size
   Paper Length  - Set this for a CUSTOM length
   Margins       - Use 2 and 80 characters

2. PrinterGfx

   Dithering     - Floyd Steinburg for best quality
   Scaling       - Integer for line gfx or text. 
                   Use Fraction for shaded pics.
   Image         - Positive (Neg is rarely used)
   Aspect        - Horizontal 
   Shade         - Color (NB: Use BW if using Multiview with Text)
   Threshold     - Around 5 (use a smaller figure if too dark)
   Density       - Use whatever you fancy (use a small figure for speed
                   and less ink)
   Color Correction - Don't set, use all 4096 (12 bit) colours
   Limits        - Set to ignore
   Smoothing     - Used to smooth out lines esp. in graphic dumps of text
   Centre Picture - Tick this if you want centralised pics


Further information is in your Workbench Users Guide (Ch 9) or see my web page
for info on preferences.

If you are experiencing problems with this driver send me email (see below).
You can download updates from Aminet, my web page or Amiga Format CDs.

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@NODE HIST 

@{u}History@{uu}


1.0  	First release
1.1  	Added special and accented character set
1.2  	Fixed ESC(s10H bug (was a large S)

11/3/98
1.3  	Changed render.c
        Prints draft/letter quality if correct quality selected not by density
        Changed End Graphics command string (added 'b' char)
        Added a version string
27/3/98
1.4   	Increased timeout from 30 to 300!

2/4/98
1.5   	Reduced timeout down to 60 (300 is too much).
      	Top margin checked okay at 0.
                          
26/4/99
1.6   	Data.c - Added support for all 4 typefaces.
        Inserted missing comma for command table.
      
9/7/99  Updated documentation from doc to guide file.
        NewIcons used instead of MWB.

1.7 
27/9/99 Added Support for Paper Format preference for paper length.
    
40.8
15/12/99 Dospecial/Render - Added ESC E to init printer properly
         Changed version to match OS versions.
         Fixed a small bug in init code - quality set in wrong place.
                  
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@NODE AUTHOR 

@{u}Author@{uu}

This driver is Giftware, you are not obliged to send anything but if you
want to contribute to further driver development for this printer and others
then send me money (£5 UK Pounds) to me at:

Email: pjhutch@blizzard.u-net.com
Web:   http://www.blizzard.u-net.com

or
Peter Hutchison
75 Lower Skircoat Green
Copley Lane
Halifax
W Yorks
England
HX3 0TG

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