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From: gwangung@blake.acs.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Non-Apple Printers for the Mac?
Keywords: Epson, Seikosha
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Date: 24 Aug 89 05:32:36 GMT
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Reply-To: gwangung@blake.acs.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
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	Epson has released a print driver that allows a Mac to print on all
Epson compatible 24-pin printers.  I use it on my 24-pin LQ-800 and it
works fairly well.  It's not quite as fast as a real-true-blue Imagewriter---
but it's loads faster than a Grappler.

	Print quality is tolerable in draft mode, pretty decent (though
real slow) in top quality.  You can even use the resident fonts in the printer,
which speeds things up enourmously.

	Price for the Epson package is $60-$70---plus whatever you pay
for a 24-pin printer.  Not a Laserwriter, but I did have an Epson lying around
and......


-- 
Roger Tang
Rest Home for Ex-Asian American Radical Pinko Commie Punks
gwangung@blake.acs.washington.edu