JAMDISK 8 --------- NOTES: Not all the files on this disk have icons, most notably the printer drivers, but also some source code files associated with some of the programs. These will have been archived into self-extracting files, and they can be recognised by the suffix `.run' on the end. To extract the archive all you need do is type the name of the file into a command line (CLI or Shell) and the rest is automatic. So. for instance, if you find a file called `plop.run', to extract the archive open a Shell window and type ... plop.run ... and press Return. Simple as that. Things will be easier if you copy the `.run' file to RAM: or another floppy disk before trying to extract the files as the contents of the archive may amount to two or three times the size of the `.run' file. If you need help with regards installing a printer driver, please see the end of this file for some step-by-step instructions. ************************************************************ Just Amiga Monthly (JAM) is a subscription-only magazine (it's a traditional paper magazine, a totally separate thing from the Jamdisk collection) costing £19.95 for 12 issues (£24.95 Europe, £49.95 Overseas). The latest issue can be bought from the address below for £1.95 if you don't want to subscribe just yet. Cheques, Postal Orders and International Money Orders should be made payable to JAM. Just Amiga Monthly 75 Greatfields Drive Uxbridge UB8 3QN Phone: 0895 274449 Contacts: Jeff Walker, Steve Williams This Jamdisk is freely distributable provided it remains intact and unaltered and this ReadMe file is not removed from it. Public Domain libraries are given permission to include this disk in their catalogues provided they charge no more for it than JAM itself does. JAM regrets that it cannot provide technical support for any of the software on its Jamdisks; the responsibility for this lies with the programmers. Copyrights of all programs contained on this disk remain with the various programmers. We strongly recommend you register with the authors of the programs on this disk (where applicable) as this will encourage them to keep developing. Remember, they do it to please YOU -- the least you can do is say thank you. ************************************************************ Installing a printer driver --------------------------- Printer drivers need to be copied into the `devs/printers' directory on the disk you boot from (your `boot' disk) -- that means into a directory called `printers' which is inside a directory called `devs'. The five printer drivers on this disk, and the paths to them, are: JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500.1/HP_DeskJet500 JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500.2/HP_Deskjet500 JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.1/HP_DeskJet500C JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.2/HP_500C JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/SeikoshaPlus/SeikoshaPlus Leave your boot (Workbench) disk in DF0, it needs to be write-enabled. Open a Shell (i.e. double click on the Shell icon). At the prompt type: Copy JAMDISK8:PrinterDrivers/HP_DeskJet500C.2/HP_500C TO DEVS:printers ^ ^ ^ | | | space space space It doesn't matter if you type it all in upper case or all in lower case, or mixed (as above). But make sure you put spaces only where they appear in the above line. Press the Return or Enter key only after typing the whole line. If you have only one floppy drive you will be requested to swap disks at certain points; simply do as you are asked. If the driver won't copy because the Workbench disk is full, you will have to delete something from that Workbench disk (any of the tools in the Utilities drawer will do). Ok, that copies the HP_500C driver over. If it's one of the others you want, simply replace the bit between `Copy' and `TO' with the path and filename for that driver (see the list above). This kind of file management is much easier to do with a `directory utility'. Speak to your local PD library about this. There are lots of them to choose from, the most popular is called SID. After you have copied the driver on to your boot disk you need to run the Printer program in the Prefs drawer. After running this you will see a list of drivers at top-right of the screen. Use the mouse and the arrow buttons to highlight the new driver, then click on the SAVE button. That's it. If you want to put the driver on to a disk other than the Workbench disk (the DPaint disk, for example) simply follow the instructions above but use the command line ... Copy TO :devs/printers ... replacing with the correct path and filename for the driver of your choice (see list above), and with the name of the disk you want to copy the driver on to. If you have followed these instructions and it "doesn't work", don't get angry, go make a cup of tea, come back and start again. Take it slowly this time. If after half-a- dozen tries you are still struggling, we would advise you to swear very loudly at the computer and call it a very nasty name -- `bugger' isn't strong enough, be imaginative, the nastier the name and the louder you shout it, the more likely it is you will succeed when you try (yet again) to install the printer driver. If it still "doesn't work" you should seriously consider buying a book on AmigaDOS. After buying it you should seriously consider reading it. Jeff 8-)