************ Topic 3 Sun Feb 01, 1987 GRAFIX.M [Mike Hooper] at 19:04 EST Sub: Printer drivers A place to share info on what drivers work with what printers 1 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 11, Topic 3 Message 1 Sat Jan 31, 1987 S.LEWIS (Forwarded) If anybody uses a BMC something-80, try JX-80 for success. If using GEOS, use the JX-80 printer module and set your interface to transparent. If anybody uses WordPro 128 with a Star SG-10C or SL-10C and can't get the printer to function properly, please let me know and I'll upload a patched printer file (the SG-10C will work with a 1525/801 printer file but will work a bit better with the undoc'd SG-10C file found on the disk but not explained in the book). Steve ------------ ************ Topic 5 Mon Mar 02, 1987 DAVIDSS at 05:15 EST Sub: OKI 192 vs. Panasonic Printers How is the Okidata 192+ Has anyone out there tried one?*s 6 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 11, Topic 5 Message 1 Mon Mar 02, 1987 DAVIDSS at 05:18 EST I have been looking at the Okidata 192+ and the Panasonic 1092. Does anyone have experience with either of these ? which interface? Would realy appreciate help. Thanks Dave S ------------ Category 11, Topic 5 Message 3 Mon Mar 02, 1987 TIGLON.G [*SysOp*] at 20:43 EST Well, since I am very biased in this question, I will just give you some QUICK facts on my Panasonic KX-P1092 MultiMode printer! <Now, IF I could find the manual!> The basics include 5 operating modes settable from the top of the printer via a membrane keypad: *> Draft: Standard Printing <now, if I could remember the speed!> *> NLQ: Near Letter Quality - VERY crisp and clean, and unless you have an old ribbon, you'd swear it was typeset! *> NLQ Italic: Near Letter Quality Italic - Super clean and crisp for personal letters and needs of more fancy lettering without booting up Print Shop or something! *> Std. Italic: Standard Italic - same as above, without the crispness that comes from the NLQ feature. *> Prop: Proportional Printing - drops the printer into a smaller text of I believe 108 characters per line! Again, CLEAR and crisp printing, even for the size of the text! The printer supports both friction feed and tractor feed, and has a key for line feed, and form feed. Also, a completely user-settable switch/pin panel. I used it with a SuperG interface, but recently aquired a Hot Shot 8K graphics interface which, with an 8K buffer, is a dream come true when you want your computer free to work with while your document is printing! It is a relatively quiet printer, <compared to an certain thunder printer that I heard/worked with recently>. The ribbon is very easy to fine, and is the reinking type, one that keeps going round and round till it is dry and so light you need a spot light to see the text! I have not seen or used the Oki printer, but my vote goes in for the Panasonic printer! The thing is rugged and takes up very little room on the desk and it has not given me any trouble since I got it a few weeks ago! Good luck in your search, and maybe someone can fill in my details until I find my manual!!! -<* Gayle, *FlagShip* SysOp ------------ Category 11, Topic 5 Message 4 Mon Mar 02, 1987 DEB [*SysOp*] at 22:43 EST Ha, Ha, Gayle...but my ThunderPrinter can outprint yours anyday, in either draft or NLQ...*grin* ------------ Category 11, Topic 5 Message 5 Tue Mar 03, 1987 GBARRETT [VISION100] at 21:51 CST My vote for reliability and ruggedness goes to the Panasonic. However, the Okidata people have almost every other company beat hands down in user/developer support. -GaryB ------------ ************ Topic 7 Sun Oct 04, 1987 C.BARBEE [FUSBINWA] at 22:49 EDT Sub: Olympia Typewriter/Printer I own an Olympia Colligiate electronic daisy-wheel typewriter that is supposed to be interfaceable to a computer. I need to know if anyone knows anything about this piece and where I can get the interface. I 9 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 1 Sun Oct 04, 1987 C.BARBEE [FUSBINWA] at 22:50 EDT Well guys, any takers? I can see where the interface should go. Please enlighten me if you can. -=> Cliff <=- ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 2 Mon Oct 05, 1987 KEVIN.S [-Sysop-] at 03:12 EDT Well, there are several of these typewriter/printer sorts of critters out. My advice would be to contact Olympia... they are a VERY big firm, and should be able to help you in some way. Most of these interfaces I have seen are RS- 232 serial, by the way, not parallel. You will probably need a Commodore RS- 232 interface (if you haven't one already) along with the Olympia interface. KeS ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 3 Mon Oct 05, 1987 C.BARBEE [FUSBINWA] at 22:22 EDT Thanx - I figured as much. There is a problem - how do I get in contact with Olympia? The local dealer I bought the unit from is paranoid and won't give me a phone number or address. Any help? ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 4 Mon Oct 05, 1987 KEVIN.S [-Sysop-] at 23:56 EDT My recommendation would be to find the oldest, grayest office supply store in your area... those guys know everything. Olympia isn't really big in consumer electronics, but they ARE a big office electronics supplier. KeS ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 5 Fri Oct 23, 1987 DEB at 14:43 EDT AND, if you can find one, choose a printer interface which allows an RS232 printer to be connected via the regular serial bus, daisy-chaining off of your disk drive! CARDCO used to make one, and I'm sure that someone else must make one now. The reason I'm adding this is because there are VERY few commercial programs of ANY kind which allow you to configure printed output to go to the user port rather than the normal printer output via the serial bus. Aside from the baud rate configurations, which must be set up properly, the device numbers are different for these two methods of outputting. A few TOP quality word processors allow the configuration, but almost EVERYTHING else will want to treat your printing as device 4, on the serial bus. The lil interface from CARDCO handled the RS-232 handshaking and serial bus transmissions completely LIKE a device 4 to the computer, and like RS 232 for the printer! *deb!* ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 6 Fri Oct 23, 1987 C.BARBEE [FUSBINWA] at 23:30 EDT Thanx Deb, but after calling almost every typewriter dealer in town, I am despairing of ever finding one. I have seen an AlphaPro-20 daisy-wheel printer listed in RUN magazine by Computer Direct for $99.00. Anyone ever heard of it? -=> Cliff <=- ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 7 Sat Oct 24, 1987 SPARROW.J at 01:41 EDT Both Pocket Writer 2 and Paperclip for the 64 and 128 allow output to the printer via the user port (we connect our laser that way because it allows 9600 baud transmission). --Sparrow James ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 8 Sat Oct 24, 1987 DEB at 12:03 EDT Hiya Cliff: first thing to note about typewriter/printer combos, they are not usually of the same high quality that a daisy wheel printer ALONE is, and many will not stand up to the speeds and constant abuse that use as a printer for your word processor will give it. Any reason you are looking at typewriter/printer combos rather than just a good Letter Quality/Daisy Wheel printer?! Loren: right, and SuperScript also allows output to the user port. Thats why I _underscored_ the fact that only HIGH quality programs allow the option, and then only a handful of commercial wordprocessors. Try printing from almost any other application, PD or commercial, and you're out of luck. *deb!* ------------ Category 11, Topic 7 Message 9 Sat Oct 24, 1987 C.BARBEE [FUSBINWA] at 23:12 EDT Hello? Am I printing in English? Okay -- I think I wuz misunderstood. Several years ago -- before the God "Computo" enlightened me -- I bought the Olympia unit (Which is also marketed by Swintec under a differe name) as a typewriter. I was told then that it could be converted to use as a printer if I bought the interface. Well, three years later, that same dealer say, "Printer interface!?". I already have a NLQ printer, but since I put out a newsletter, various application forms, and a student handbook, I need a letter-quality printer. Not being rich enough yet to buy a Laser printer, and damned tired of giving print companies my profits, I want a letter-quality printer. Now then, I have given-up on the good ol' Olympia, but I notice that on page 82 of the October issue of RUN magazine, Computer Direct is offering an "AlphaPro-20" for $99.95 with the c-128 interface for $19.95. The price goes-out the end of October, so if anyone has any input about it, I'd really appreciate it. Thanx, -=> Cliff <=- ------------ ************ Topic 8 Thu Mar 19, 1987 C.DOERRMANN at 23:30 EST Sub: The BlueChip M120/10 Printer Here's a topic where the usersof of this printer can help each other use this is good piece of hardware 13 message(s) total. ************ ------------ Category 11, Topic 8 Message 2 Sat May 23, 1987 MICHAEL.M [-:SysOp:-] at 18:08 EDT I've had my BlueChip M120/10 printer now for about 2 1/2 years and it has performed admir...
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