Date: Mon, 22 Jul 1996 14:00:00 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bryan K. Ogawa" <bkogawa@netvoyage.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Tip to improve print resolution w/ HP DeskJet 600 (update!) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.960722134712.569A-100000@foo.netvoyage.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.960721163751.392B-100000@klemm.gtn.com>
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> On Sat, 13 Jul 1996, Veggy Vinny wrote:
[this is in reference to using the ljet4 driver for ghostscript with the
HP Deskjet 600 -- bko]
> > I just gave this a try on my HP DeskJet 855c, it does print a lot
> > better in Black & White but too bad color doesn't work..... Wonder when
> > will Ghostscript start supporting the 600 and 800 series printers...
[...]
An update on drivers for the HP DeskJet 600 and friends with Ghostscript:
Unfortunately, the ljet4 driver has a rather annoying problem with
alignment with the DeskJet 600. However, there is another driver which
works: the lj4dith driver, part of the cdj (color deskjet) drivers.
Unfortunately, it's a gray-scale driver -- still no color.
There are two difficulties with this arrangement:
1. The alignment problem still exists, but it can be fixed. In the file
"gdevcdj.c", look for a line which reads:
#define LJET4_MARGINS 0.26, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0
comment it out and replace it with
#define LJET4_MARGINS 0.125, 0.50, 0.125, 0.007
2. Unfortunately, the cdj driver is NOT one of the default drivers
installed with ghostscript, and it was hard for me to get it enabled. I
rewrote part of the port to make it easier to recompile the port version
to do it -- essentially, you need to edit the configure script in the
scripts version. Here's the diff between the two versions (this is for
the gs3.53 port):
---- begin diff here -- no you probably can't run patch on it ----
10,11c10,15
< < ${WRKSRC}/unix-gcc.mak > ${WRKSRC}/unix-gcc.mak.bak && \
< mv ${WRKSRC}/unix-gcc.mak.bak ${WRKSRC}/unix-gcc.mak
---
> -e "s;DEVICE_DEVS4=;DEVICE_DEVS4=lj4dith.dev ;" \
> < ${WRKSRC}/gcc-head.mak > ${WRKSRC}/gcc-head.mak.bak && \
> mv ${WRKSRC}/gcc-head.mak.bak ${WRKSRC}/gcc-head.mak
>
> cd ${WRKSRC}
> ./tar_cat
----- end diff ----
This changed configure explicitly adds the lj4dith driver, and allows
easier addition of more drivers (edit gcc-head.mak , run the script
tar_cat from the ghostscript distribution).
Now, the lj4dith driver should run with the deskjet 600.
FOR YOU COLOR PEOPLE
I have also heard that the paintjet driver works, but is deadly slow.
However, if you need color, this may be enough to get you it (I don't know
-- I don't have color carts for my DJ600, and I'm satisfied with good
black and white printing, which the dj4dith provides).
For more information about ghostscript, consult the ghostscript home page,
at
<URL: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/>;
bryan
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