The 80 Column: New files for !Printers
by John Ferguson

Running this application opens up a directory containing various files to improve the operation of the RISC OS 3 printer manager with the Hewlett Packard DeskJet Plus printer.

The printer definition file DeskJet+ provides, I think, better character mappings and improved control codes for the DeskJet Plus. It uses control codes appropriate for the draft print styles of Ovation 1.35S. Read your RISC OS 3 manual if you don't know how to add it to the Printers application.

I prefer to use a paper size other than the defaults supplied: see the RISC OS 3 manual for instructions on how to achieve this. The defaults I use are:
name    : A4 (HP DeskJet Plus)
units   : millimetres
width   : 210.0
height  : 297.0
graphics margins
top     : 0.0
bottom  : 12.5
left    : 3.4
right   : 3.4
text margins
top     : 0
bottom  : 0
left    : 0
right   : 0
lines   : 0

In addition, replace !Sprites, !Sprites22, !Sprites23 and Messages contained in the !Printers.lj.Resources directory with the ones supplied - keep your originals safe. The sprite files contain specific DeskJet sprites. Messages has been altered to let the DeskJet Plus use its envelope/single sheet paper path when Manual is selected from the Paper feed menu: see the comments for MANUAL_FEED within Messages.

A4_60x72 and A4_64x76 are Ovation style sheets which enable the DeskJet Plus to use the draft printing facilities of version 1.35S. They provide 60 lines of 72 columns and 64 lines of 76 columns, respectively. Don't forget to select Draft Print from the Print menu before printing.

 RISC User 1993
