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From: rw02@GTE.COM (Robert Weihmayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Epson printers and Macs
Message-ID: <9231@bunny.GTE.COM>
Date: 11 Jun 90 03:38:27 GMT
References: <811@yang.earlham.edu>
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From article <811@yang.earlham.edu>, by andrewr@yang.earlham.edu:
> 
> 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.?
> 
There have been a number of such requests lately, dealing with
epson or other printer to be used with MACs. I was helped
myself by people on the net when I faced the dilemna of reusing my Epson
LQ850 from my IBM-PC configuration on my MAC IIci. What finally worked was
the Grappler LX. I am fairly satisfied with it. Its software did cause some
interferences which were confusing at first and made the initial installation
painful (I finally found that the Grappler SW had problems with Multiclip).
However in the end, and in spite of my environment which has a wide variety
of CDEVs and INITs, it is working well and providing the full range of
printing services. Its high quality mode is not bad. So I would recommend it.
Lets see what other people's experience is.


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   Robert Weihmayer			weihmayer@gte.com
   GTE Laboratories Inc.
   40 Sylvan Road			Senior Member of Technical Staff
   Waltham, MA 02254, USA		Phone: (617) 466-2811
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