Hi Derek,
Thanks for the reply.
I don't understand the last sentence of your post stating that all
DOS programs are sending the printjob through Windows.
Boardmaker does not work under Windows; Windows should not even be
detected. Boardmaker is a pure DOS program and works on a PC without
Windows on it. The printerdriver is contained in the program and has
HP PCL3 language.
But if your old program can print to a HP970 I am confident it will
work with the HP960 DeskJet too.
ELSO
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "High Tech" <hightechsystems@a...> wrote:
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> Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Boardmaker Output to HP DeskJet 920
or 960
> Inkjetprinters
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> Elso,
> It should work. I also use an old program sometimes and it only
outputs to
> hp LaserJet 300 x 300 or dot matrix.
> It runs in a dos box inside Windows printing to a HP 970cxi and HP
> LaserJet III. I have tried it with other printer manufactures
> it didn't work. I also had an older HP inkjet and it worked fine
with that
> too.
> All dos programs still send the print job through windows so the
HP
> program must be converting the file before it goes to the
> printer.
>
> Derek
>
> I used the laserjetprinter output of the program. I understand
this
> in in HP PCL3 language to the printer. The Boardmaker program
> supports printers like HP LaserjetII.
> The new HP Inkjet printers use HP PCL 3 IMPROVED language. So my
> question is: is this new language backwards compatible? Can I
use a
> HP Deskjet 920 or 960 with my old Boardmaker PCB design
software?
> The program runs under DOS; Windows should NOT be detected.
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> ELSO.
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