Re: Printer Drivers for HP 2100

[Daniel Say say@xxxxxxxx]

" "William E. Shawcross" wrote:
"
" > Yesterday I received my new HP 2100 printer and have been playing
" > with it and XyWrite III+ (3.57), which runs as a DOS application
" > under Windows 98SE.
"
" > If all else fails, experiment will reveal all. Of course making the
" > character width tables will be the tedious. Also, I tried the Windows
" > driver for the LaserJet II and it works just fine.
"
" There was some third party s/w for generating font width tables for XY 3.5x,
" which did streamline the process. Can't recall the name just now. I
" probably still have it somewhere, though I have no idea whether it has any
" carryover validity for XY-4. Probably not. In the case of Xy4DOS, it's all
" mainly Speedo. You are supposed to still be able to use Soft Fonts, such as
" those generated by the SoftCraft Font Solutions Pack (a big suite of app.s &
" util.s that cost 500 bucks in its day), but I have a feeling that doing this
" would be cumbersome and convoluted, to say the least.  Xy4Win probably
" doesn't need anything other than standard Windows fonts, but I wouldn't know
" about that.
" Jordan Fox

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