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From: ART100@PSUVM.PSU.EDU ("Andy Tefft  725-1344", 814)
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Subject: Re: Star NX-1000 Printer - Info Plz...
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Date: 1 Mar 91 02:02:00 GMT
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In article <91Feb28.080011est.58602@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca>, you say:
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>I have a Star NX-1000 connected to my Apple //e here at work.
>
>Software wise, I have set up Appleworks (3.0) to use it as an Epson
>printer, and I have had no problems with it except for one minor
>annoyance. I haven't figured out how to get Appleworks to use it in
>the near-letter-quality mode. (Appleworks resets it to draft mode after
>each line of print)

I read this without really thinking about it, but then I had to
solve a similar problem today.  I have a very new Star nx-2420.
My printing software was resetting the font to draft if I set 12
pitch (Word Juggler allows pitch changes while leaving the font intact,
so I assume this other software was using one of the more powerful
font/size change commands).

The solution was the use of the "stay in panel font" feature.
I don't know if the nx-1000 has this or not, but if you hold
down the font and/or pitch buttons when you turn the printer on,
font and/or pitch will not be software-changeable until you reset
the printer (you can change font and pitch from the printer's
control panel all you want). See if that works.

By the way, I work at a store which heavily utilizes printouts
from a personal computer, and before I started work there they
had an nx-1000. It had broken down and they were told that
it wasn't meant for that heavy use. They got talked into a
different star, and now we use the old one as a secondary
printer. Anyway, both these printers cause us PROBLEMS! but
I haven't had any problems with the nx-2420.