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.