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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
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Subject: Re: ImageWriter II print quality with MS Works
Message-ID: <1990Jun29.172945.5779@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 29 Jun 90 17:29:45 GMT
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In article <7750.268b3a32@rsmas.miami.edu> miller@rsmas.miami.edu writes:
>In article <1990Jun29.065233.1383@tc.fluke.COM>, moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>> Fast question: My father has an ImageWriter II, and is using Microsoft Works
>> to print out letters.  The IM II has a "print quality" switch on it, which
>> is (I think -- I have an IM I, which has no such thing) analagous to the
>> Print Quality you see on the standard Mac Print Dialog box.  (E.g., "Best",
>> "Faster", "Draft").  However, the IM II manual says that the print quality
>> set in the Print Dialog box will over-ride whatever the printer's manual
>> setting is.
> 
>
>I have seen an Imagewriter II behave similarly when I print from within
>VersaTerm Pro. Never had a problem with doing the same thing to an old
>Imagewriter I. I suspect that this sort of problem may be due to a software
>package using its own print driver rather than Apple's but this is merely
>speculation on my part.

In both cases, the printer is probably using the printers native character
set-- this happens when you choose 'Draft' from the page setup box or
you use VersaTerm Pro's Imagewriter RS232/TTY option.  In draft mode,
the printer DOES pay attention to the print quality switch.
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