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From: dhosek@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (---)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: DVI -> Kyocera F-2010
Message-ID: <5132@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 15 Mar 90 12:53:51 GMT
References: <749@dksoft.incom.de>
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In article <749@dksoft.incom.de> dirk@dksoft.incom.de (Dirk Koeppen) writes:
>I tried to install a DVI to Kyocera F-2010 converter on a friends machine
>today which did not work.

WHAT MACHINE? Fortunately, the number of Kyocera drivers is small so you'll
get an answer. Most people are not so fortunate.

>First I used the hp LaserJet+ emulation of the Kyocera in conjunction
>with Bebee's dvijep converter. The result was quit strange, after 
>every word the Kyocera inserted a Form-Feed. The printed words itself
>were in perfect quality. The same driver works perfectly with the 
>LaserJet IIP.

Exactly. If you want HP compatibility, buy HP. No other printers are
_truly_ HP-compatible, and they usually break down on TeX output (because
of the downloaded fonts, of course).

>The next step was to use the FX-80 emulation of the Kyo. This works
>but looks very draft.

What do you expect. It's a dot matrix printer.

>Does anybody use or have a DVI to Kyocera F-2010 converter. The Kyo has
>several emulation modes, mainly Prescribe and hp LaserJet+. He has enough
>memory to hold a full-page 300 dpi graphic.

Forget emulation. Use the native control set. The below drivers are 
written to support it:

Additions or corrections to dhosek@hmcvax.claremont.edu

 Kyocera F-10xx, F-20xx
 >Big Computers
  (Unix)
   Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Aeronomie
     Written in C
 
  (VAX/VMS)
   LaserPrint
 
   Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Aeronomie
     Written in C
 
 >Little Computers
  (Atari ST)
   TeXsys
 
  (IBM PC)
   LaserPrint
 
LaserPrint
 Postal Address: P.O. Box 35,
                 D-6101 Fr\"ankisch Crumbach, Federal Republic of Germany
 Phone: +49 6164 4044
 
Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Aeronomie
 Contact: Helmut Kopka
 Postal Address: Max-Planck-Institut f\"ur Aeronomie
                 Katlenburg-Landau
                 D3411, Federal Republic of Germany
 Phone: (47) 556-41451
 Bitnet: Mio40L@Dgogwd01
 
TeXsys
 Contact: Joachim Schrod
 Postal Address: Kranichweg 1
                 D-6074 R\"odermark
                 Federal Republic of Germany
 Phone: +49 6074 1617
 
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