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From: bmartin@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Brian Martin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Phoenix Softstyle Printworks vs 4th Dimension - Help
Message-ID: <5407@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 9 Nov 89 11:51:09 GMT
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Reply-To: bmartin@uhccux.UUCP (Brian Martin)
Organization: University of Hawaii
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In article <4179@helios.ee.lbl.gov> wbrown@beva.bev.lbl.gov (Bill Brown) writes:
>I'm trying to do an application in 4th Dimension that really does call
>for a fast dot matrix printer. (LaserWriter too expensive to buy and
>operate, ImageWriter too slow).
>
>The system is a 1Mb SE/30, 40 Mb HD, system 6.0.3.  Printer is an Epson
>EX-1000 with a Grappler serial/parallel interface running in "straight-thru"
>mode; i.e. not doing any data manipulation or conversion.
>
>Installed (non-Apple) inits: Super Clock 3.3, Blackout 1.1
>Installed (non-Apple) cdevs: Init cdev 1.0
>
>The printer driver is Phoenix Softstyle Printworks, dot matrix version,
>V mx3.5

About a year ago, I used Printworks Laser for the mac with a Mac II and 
LaserImage 2000 printer. At that time, I discovered only two applications
that wouldn't work with the print driver--Hypercard and 4D. The workaround for
4D was to print something out from a different application, using the
print settings you wanted to use in 4D, then switch to 4D to do the actual
printing. Also, the print preview mode for the print driver didn't
work with 4D.

BTW--SoftStyle doesn't open much before 9AM Hawaii time, so if you're calling
from the East Coast, you'd have to wait until 2pm your time to call.

-- Brian
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