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[Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <nkbj@xxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Falko Jens Wagner wrote:

> Hej,
> Du skriver i dit "subject", at du har en HP820Cxi. En glimrende printer i
> øvrigt, jeg har den samme. Der er dog en lille ulempe ved denne printer: DEN
> DUER KUN TIL WINDOWS 3.11/95/98!!!!! HP820 var en slags "spare" udgave af
> 870'eren, hvor man havde pillet al elektronikken ud, så kunne den sælges
> billigere. Til gengæld kræver den så en speciel driver, der gør alt det, som
> elektronikken gjorde før. Denne driver udnytter det specielle print-system,
> der er en del af Windows 95/98. Ikke engang NT understøttede det i starten.
> Nu er der vist kommet en printer-driver til NT i mellemtiden, men med mindre
> der er en eller anden ivrig Linux-hacker, der har skrevet et lille interface
> til den, så virker den altså ikke i Linux. Desværre!
> 
Der findes en driver til HP820Cxi (dog kun til sort/hvid.) Her følger
beskrivelsen:

                                                Tue Mar 31 10:38:40 CST 1998

Subject: ghostscript driver for HP820C available

I've written a ghostscript driver for the HP820Cse and HP820Cxi.
It's still pretty primitive and has no color support.  As far as
I know, there is no other ghostscript driver for these printers.
This driver may also work for HP1000C printers.

I will not be able to respond to many e-mail requests about this
driver.  If you can't figure our how to install it, I will not be
able to help.  Sorry, but it is free.  Comments, patches, and ideas
are welcome.

Download ftp://ftp.ig.utexas.edu/outgoing/scottk/820C/gdev820c.tar

Version 0.2 has been released.

New features of version 0.2:
    * code is easier to read
    * v0.1.3 might be more stable

Still working on color support. . .

You might also like to check out a PBM to PPA converter at
http://www.rpi.edu/~normat/technical/ppa/index.html.  There
is no color there either.  He's version is reported to work on
the 720C/722C and the 1000C as well.


                                Scott

Please understand that neither the University of Texas or the
Institute for Geophysics is responsible for this driver.


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