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From: jcburt@ipsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton)
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Subject: Re: Panasonic 1124
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In article <3500@orbit.cts.com> kronos@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Max Levine) writes:
>Say folks, I just picked up a Panasonic KXP-1124 24 pin printer and while the
>print quality is swell, it doesn't seem to want to print the nifty and
>elaborate graphics characters that programs like Wordperfect allow you to use.
>Does anyone know if this printer can be made to print such characters? Do I
>have to shift into IBM Proprinter mode any time I want such characters? Thanks
>much.
>                        ---Max

Yes,  the KXP-1124 can be made to print those characters...I have such
a setup (WordPerfect 5.1 & KXP-1124 printer) and have had no problem
printing any of the graphic characters. I suggest you check the following
if you are having problems:
  1) WP 5.1 printer setup - do you have the proper printer selected
     (there *is* a selection for the KXP-1124, which is basically
      the same as an Epson LQ-2500 (i think, could be LQ-2550 - I forget
      the numbers right now)
  2) Print quality - you have hi/medium/lo choices for both text and
     graphics, I use hi for text and medium or hi for graphics.
  3) Print mode - draft or final. I think you have to use final mode
     for it to print the graphics properly. (I haven't tried printing
     graphics in draft mode, so I couldn't say for sure)
  4) KXP-1124 emulation mode, you have several choices: Epson LQ-2500
     or IBM Proprinter. With the Epson mode, you have 2 (3?) character
     sets. I use Epson mode (which is the default) and the default
     character set.

Basically I just took the KXP-1124 out of the box, plugged it in, put
paper in it and it worked just fine with WP graphics...

If I can be of more help, e-mail me

John Burton
(jcburt@cs.wm.edu)