H-P DESKJET PRINTER DRIVERS


     The  Hewlett-Packard  Deskjet Printer is one heck of  a  nice 
printer  for  personal use.   Its major advantages are  that  it's 
faster  than  most dot-matrix printers  for  text  printing,  much 
quieter  than  any other kind of printer  I've  worked  with,  and 
capable  of  300 DPI graphics (laser quality!) on  most  kinds  of 
ordinary paper.   Its disadvantages are that it's fairly expensive 
($700 - $1000, depending on where you shop) and slow for full-page 
graphics.   Also,  almost  half the manual is devoted to  detailed 
instructions  for setting up the printer with H-P,  IBM and  Apple 
equipment  and  with a wide range of IBM  software  packages,  but 
never  mentions  the  Atari ST once (why  am  I  not  surprised?).   

     To  remedy the latter problem,  I have prepared  H-P  Deskjet 
printer drivers for three popular ST word-processing programs: 1st 
Word  (v1.06),  ST  Writer (v1.07 or higher) and Word  Writer  ST.  
These  drivers and associated files have been placed  on-line  for 
all to use.


     The files in this ARC should be:

          READ_ME.TXT  - The documentation you are reading now!
          1ST_PRNT.DOT - Driver for 1st Word
          HP_DJET.HEX  - Source code file for 1st Word driver 
          XYZZX.DAT    - Driver for ST Writer
          CONFIG.TXT   - Source code file for ST Writer driver
          PRINTER.CFG  - Auto-install driver for Word Writer ST
          HP:DJET.CFG  - Manual install driver for Word Writer ST


     PLEASE NOTE: All drivers have been set up to allow for italic 
text.   The H-P Deskjet needs an OPTIONAL font cartridge to  print 
italic  text with the word processors listed above.   Without  the 
cartridge,  italic text in your word processor will be printed  as 
normal text by the Deskjet.


     The  installation  instructions  for each  driver  are  given 
below:

Driver  for  1st  Word:

     To  install,  simply copy the file 1ST_PRNT.DOT to  the  disk 
     containing your copy of 1st Word.  Be sure that the driver is 
     copied  to  the same folder that  contains  1ST_PRNT.PRG  and 
     1ST_WORD.PRG.   (If  they aren't in a  folder,  never  mind.)  
     Also included is the source code for the driver: HP_DJET.HEX.  
     It has been heavily commented to explain what it does and  to 
     aid in modifications.   If you make changes to this file,  it 
     must  be  run through INSTALL.PRG (in the PRINTER  folder  on 
     your 1st Word disk) to create a new 1ST_PRNT.DOT file.
   
Driver  for  ST  Writer  (v1.07 and  above):

     To install,  copy XYZZX.DAT to your ST Writer disk.   If your 
     STWRITER.PRG file is in a folder on the disk,  make sure that 
     XYZZX.DAT is copied into the same folder.   The driver source 
     file, CONFIG.TXT, has been included to allow you to customize 
     the  driver for your own use.   If you modify a copy of  this 
     file, it must be run through the CONFIG.TOS program to create 
     a new XYZZX.DAT file.   This file must be installed as  above 
     for your changes to take effect.
    
Driver for Word Writer ST:

     Copy  the PRINTER.CFG file to your Word Writer program  disk.  
     This  driver  will automatically install when you  load  Word 
     Writer.    If   you  do  not  want  the  driver  to   install 
     automatically,  copy  the  file HP:DJET.CFG to  your  program 
     disk.  This driver, which is identical to PRINTER.CFG, can be 
     installed  using the 'Install Printer' option on the  'Print' 
     menu in Word Writer.  Either driver can be modified using the 
     WWINSTAL.PRG program on your Word Writer disk.
 
     If  you wish to make changes to any of the above  drivers,  I 
strongly suggest you read _thoroughly_ Chapter 4:  Programming, in 
the  Deskjet Owner's Manual.   I made a lot of mistakes the  first 
time  I  tried to create a printer driver by  just  skimming  this 
chapter (when all else fails, read directions). 

     Also  look  at  sections in the  Appendix  on  Character  Set 
Selection,    the   ASCII-Decimal-Hex   Table   and   the   Escape 
Sequence/Control Code Summary.   These sections should contain all 
the information you need to create your own custom printer  driver 
for the H-P Deskjet.

                              Warren Lorente, 
                    Atari Bay Area Computer Users Society
                              CIS: 72447,414
                               Delphi: WJL

P.S.  If you need a GDOS Deskjet driver for your software, Migraph 
sells one.  It comes with a screen dump program which replaces the 
built-in Alt-Help dump, which is set up for Epsons and the like.