RE: Printers and XyWrite

["Ambos, Paul" PAMBOS@xxxxxxxx]

My experience is that newer Deskjets work generally on the older Deskjet
drivers (e.g. hpdj500.prn) but not all features of newer printers may be
controlled unless you add code for them. What problems are you having,
exactly?

Regards,

Paul Ambos
pambos@xxxxxxxx



> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Peregrine@xxxxxxxx [SMTP:Peregrine@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:01 PM
> To:	xywrite@xxxxxxxx
> Subject:	Re: Printers and XyWrite
>
> Since Fred Weiner has raised the topic of PRN files again, I have a
> related
> question. XyWrite has migrated from one beat-up computer to another in my
>
> long history of squeezng the last life out of all hardware and software.
> I
> have long since stopped worrying about printing directly from XyWrite. The
>
> last printer I used successfully for this was an old Epson, and I found no
>
> suitable PRN files for any of my later succession of HP Deskjets (now the
> 720C).
>
> Can anybody clue me in? Is it necessary for me to build my own PRN file?
>
> And so on?
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide,
> Jeff Seager