Re: HP DeskJets
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 07:16:05PM -0500, servis@purdue.edu wrote:
>
> I would also look at installing the gs-aladdin package from the non-free
> part of Debian. It has a special HP Deskjet driver compiled into it.
> You can specify lots of features such as print quality, color mode,
> paper type, etc. See the gs-hpdj man page once it is installed. You
> then will have to modify your print filter(use magicfilter as others
> have suggested) to specify the options you want.
Which non-free?
I know there is a gs-aladdin in /debian/project/experimental that does have
the hp850 driver compiled in. I used magicfilter, but had to kludge: took a
second copy of the dj550c filter and rewrote the Postscript lines with the
parameters mentioned in the readme about that driver in the mentioned
gs-aladdin package. The results with this filter have been far better in
the past than just the dj550c filter. Contact me for a filter. I wrote
separate filters (hence defined separate printers were defined) for various
parameters---such as papertype. I haven't gotten to the end of it, and I
certainly don't understand it all, but it works ok.
Alan Davis
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