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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

2133.0. "Print driver help!" by HPSCAD::GATULIS (Frank Gatulis) Fri Jan 20 1989 08:48

    I'm shopping for a decent printer.  I'm condidering the NEC P6
    or it's successor (forgotton its name).  Question: How do you
    go about determining (in advance) that one of the supplied drivers
    will work?  For example, John Sauter, in another note, mentioned
    that he has an NEC P6 an uses the EpsonQ driver.  
    
    I'm concerned that unless I buy one of the printers for which
    there is a specific driver, I may not be able to use it's full
    functionality.  
    
    There must be considerations to these print drivers I don't understand.
    I have an LA50 hooked up and I was actually surprised that I couldn't
    find a standard driver to make the LA50 work in graphics mode.  It
    seems like an LA50 is a pretty basic printer! I've had very poor
    succes trying to use the LA50 even with the LA50 driver for graphics.
    I've yet to get a single picture or text for that matter in graphics
    mode without it shifting lines on me (don't know what i'm doing wrong!). 
    It also seems to hang the task quite often if I try to abort in
    the middle of printing.  Works just fine in draft mode but I want
    graphics capability.  So again, how does one go about matching the
    printer to the driver (aside from calling someplace like the Memory
    Location who doesn't seem to carry a large selection of printers).
    
    Any advice would be appreciated.
    Frank
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2133.11.3 has an NEC P6 driverSAUTER::SAUTERJohn SauterFri Jan 20 1989 13:199
    In Workbench 1.3 there is a specific driver for the NEC Pinwriter
    series.  I believe the only difference between this driver and the
    EpsonQ driver is access to 360 by 360 dpi mode.
    
    Our closeness to DEC makes the LA50 look like a very common printer.
    As far as I can tell, in the home computer world it is totally unknown.
    The name of the game for homes and small businesses is Epson
    compatibility.
        John Sauter
2133.2How about Rainbow (color) ??GLORY::SPATOULASGeorge Spatoulas @FACMon Jan 23 1989 12:247
Since we started this note with Printer drivers I have a question

I there a driver for STAR 1000 Rainbow (Color) printer????

Thanks in advance

...gss...
2133.3SUBSYS::BUSCHDave Busch, NKS1-2/H6Tue Jan 24 1989 12:2111
Re Note 2133.2 by GLORY::SPATOULAS "George Spatoulas @FAC" >
                       -< How about Rainbow (color) ?? >-

<	I there a driver for STAR 1000 Rainbow (Color) printer????

Yes, there is. It's on WB 1.3 and it's called (if I recall correctly) EpsonX.
I may be wrong on the name but I know it's there since I'm using it to drive my 
Star 1000 color printer.

Dave
2133.4I have problems with colors.FJORDS::ROSARIODon&#039;t Panic!!!Fri Jan 27 1989 08:359
I have been using the JX-80 driver to output color.  If I use the new EpsonX
driver colors don't print, and the new higher resolution modes don't seem to
work.  In the manual they mention something about "old epson"-compatible
printers, and that you might have to use the old epson driver instead.

I would love to be able to use the higher resolution modes, even in B&W.
Does anybody know how to get this working ?

Angel
2133.5STAR LC10 anyone?KERNEL::MOUNTFORDMon Jun 05 1989 21:0214
    Five months on... I have just purchased a Star LC10-C for my 500.
    Workbench 1.3 gives extra drivers but none for Star printers.However
    I find that the LC10 emulates the Epson LX-800.
    
    Does anyone know if any of the listed Epson drivers equates to this:
    
    IE. Epson Q
        EpsonXOLD
    or  Epson X         As described in V1.3 update.
    
    
    Any help greatly appreciated.
    
    Richard.
2133.6Try EpsonXFRAMBO::BALZERChristian Balzer DTN:785-1029Tue Jun 06 1989 05:437
    re: .5
    
    Just try 'em out. :-)
    As far as I know, the EpsonX should be the one...
    
    <CB>