WordPerfect 5.0 and the HP DeskJet Printer

	The purpose of this file is to save time for HP Deskjet
owners attempting to implement WordPerfect 5.0.  Since I have
wasted a considerable amount of time doing this, here is what I
discovered:

1. The printer driver that WordPerfect generates after selecting
the Deskjet as your printer, HPDESKJE.PRS, is defective.  The
program PTR.EXE on the PTR disk will allow you to correct the
defect if you do the following:
	a. Run the program, PTR, with the printer driver as a
           command line parameter, for example, PTR HPDESKJE.PRS.
	b. Select HP Deskjet on the initial "Printers" screen by
           pressing enter with HP Deskjet entry highlighted.
	c. The next screen, labeled "Printer:HP Deskjet", gives a
           long list of printer variables that you can inspect and/or
           edit.  Page down twice until the "variables" entry is
           highlighted and press enter.
	d. A screen entitled "Printer Definition String Variables"
           will be displayed.  The first definition, "norm", is in
           error. Use the arrow key to go to the expression [27]"10U",
           etc.  Change it to [27]"(10U", etc.
	e. Exit by pressing F7 until asked "Save file (Y/N)?" 
           Answer yes, and also yes when asked to replace the existing
           driver.
Take note that any subsequent changes in WordPerfect 5.0 that
will rewrite the driver, such as adding a new cartridge font,
will reintroduce the error and require recorrection.

2. It would appear that those of us that bought the HP RAM
cartridge and the HP Deskjet softfonts are not supported in
WordPerfect 5.0 since Cartridge Fonts is the only option listed
after the "Shift F7","s","3","5" sequence.  This is only partly
true since selection of Cartridge font "P" or Cartridge font "Q"
for Times Roman or Helvetica fonts will use the corresponding
downloaded softfonts (ASCII set) with satisfactory spacing.  I
have not tried the "all" character set with any of the other
cartridge options but there may be some that will work.

3. The softfont download utility, DSU, that comes with the HP
softfonts overstates the memory requirement of the fonts by a
considerable amount.  For example, if you select to download the
Helvetica regular and italic fonts in 10, 12, and 14 point sizes,
the utility indicates 132Kb is needed.  This would appear to
exceed the 128 Kb that a single RAM cartridge provides.  The
actual total file size is slightly more than 118 Kb and well
under the 128 Kb limit and the entire 6 font set may be used.

The DeskJet is a very good printer for a "home laserjet" but I think
Hewlett Packard went to extremes to cripple it so it would not
compete with their LaserJet line.  The speed difference would
have been sufficient.  Now, if someone will come up with a
translation utility for taking Laserjet softfonts to the Deskjet,
I would be grateful.
C.L. Bell ID0098