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From: jbjones@marlin.NOSC.MIL (John B. Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Panasonic 1624 drivers for Windows 3: Anyone got'em?
Message-ID: <1640@marlin.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 22 Oct 90 22:52:20 GMT
Reply-To: jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil.UUCP (John B. Jones)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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I've found out some unfortunate news.  Panasonic has no drivers for
Windows 3.0, and from what microsoft said, doesn't plan to make any.
The 1624 emulates a type of Epson, but there are no windows3 drivers for
that printer either.  What this ultimately means is that a major printer
from a major company doesn't know that a major Software package exists.
If you plan to buy a wide carriage 24 pin and you're going to use a
windows related program, I advise against the Panasonic KP-X1624.

I'd love to be wrong on this however.  Has anyone seen such a printer
driver?  My first born son is negotiable over this. :-)

john
jbjones@marlin.nosc.mil