Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!jmerrill From: jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu (Generic User) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: WFW -- slooooow printing Message-ID: Date: 9 Jan 91 22:14:29 GMT References: <1407@crpmks.UUCP> Sender: news@jarthur.Claremont.EDU Organization: M.Y.T.H. Inc. Lines: 33 In-reply-to: dans@crpmks.UUCP's message of 8 Jan 91 16:30:06 GMT In article <1407@crpmks.UUCP> dans@crpmks.UUCP (Dan Simoes ) writes: >I am running WFW on a Gateway 386-25 (non-cache) with an 80mb IDE (17ms) >drive, and printing on a Panasonic KXP1124 printer. >To print a 10 page paper using Helvetica 13 points, double spaced takes about >40 minutes!! If you are using Helvetica 13 with a KX-P1124, you are obviously using ATM. ATM prints in graphics mode, because the printer only supports one size soft font (and Windows doesn't support them, anyway). Graphics mode on a dot matrix printer is inherently slow. It's not WFW's fault. >There is a lot >of hard drive access going on, right until the last page. Yes, because a graphics dump is very large. >Draft mode (in WFW) >takes exactly the same time, and produces the same visible results (to my >eyes). That's because Draft mode (in WFW) only affects how you see the document on screen. It has nothing whatsoever to do with printing. >How can I speed this up, and can I print out quick rough copies >somehow? You can speed it up by buying a faster printer. You can print out quick rough copies by using one of the printer's internal fonts and setting the printer to draft mode with the EZ-set control panel (for some reason, the Epson driver doesn't support draft mode). -- Jason Merrill jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu