Derek,
It works!.
I just made a very neat looking PCB with the HP DeskJet 960c!
First I had to overcome HP's Commercial trick; I had to install the
colorcartridge before the machine was willing to print in black and
white.
I am using transparencies made by Canon for Color BJ printer(CF-101)
after almost getting
a heardattack reading the price for the HP trannies ($ 45 for 50)
There are thousends of microscopic little pinholes on the
transparency but that proved not to be a problem. I am using Bunguard
FR4 PCB material. The PCB's are exposed with UV light using contact
printing method.
Even with the slow output from the 286 computer I did not get white
stripes as was always the problem with the old Olivetti.
Thanks again!
ELSO
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., "High Tech" <hightechsystems@a...> wrote:
>
> Elso,
> I am running my dos program on windows 98se right now but it did
work
> on a dos only computer too.
> Derek
>
>
> 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
>
> --
> > 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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