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From: andrewr@yang.earlham.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Epson printers and Macs
Message-ID: <811@yang.earlham.edu>
Date: 8 Jun 90 13:46:13 GMT
Organization: Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana
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Folks:
	I may be investing in a Mac system of my own soon.  Here's my
problem (?): 

Before I had access to a Mac, I used an Atari 800XL with an Epson RX80 
F/T+ (Please, no boos). The Epson has been tried and true, and is still in
fine shape.  I'd hate to ditch it and blow another $2-300 on an
"Apple-compatible" dot-matrix printer. 

I know Orange Micro makes a Grappler-type box that promises to translate 
Apple to Epson, but does it live up to the advertising?  For instance, can
it do the "best-quality" mode that requires a double pass (with microfeed)
to simulate 18-pin graphics?  Does the serial to parallel conversion 
present strange problems, etc.?

Are there other solutions besides this particular piece of hardware?

I would be grateful for any testimonials on the subject.

--Andrew Roazen, @ Earlham College, Richmond, IN  47374  (317) 983-1527