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From: gwangung@milton.u.washington.edu (Roger Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Subject: Re: Connecting a Mac Computer to a an oll Epson Printer.
Message-ID: <9850@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 24 Oct 90 18:10:52 GMT
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Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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In article <1990Oct24.170457.22446@cs.dal.ca> paixao@ug.cs.dal.ca (Nuno M. Paixao) writes:
>I want to connect an old Epson Printer, an LQ-1000 to a new Mac Classic.
>Let me first give you a few specs on the printer:
>	-24 Pin
>Now, I was first told that I would have to buy a Grappler for a 24-pin 
>printer and that would do me the trick.

	Yes, it can......but not well from what I hear....

>But recently, someone suggested that since I already had a serial interface,
>all I would have to do is find the right cable, and the right software drivers
>for the printer and I would be in business.

	Well, Epson themselves manufactures a cable and software (an adaption
of Printworks software) to enable their 24-pin printers to work with a Mac.
It would be a Chooser-level thing......

	Granted, it does cost some bucks ($60 in Seattle...), but it IS less
than a Grappler.....
	
	And it does pretty decent work with Mac graphics......It's not
nearly typeset quality, but it does fine for drafts and for just getting
printed up in a hurry....