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From: metzger@cup.portal.com (David G Metzger)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Fonts for Panasonic 1124
Message-ID: <40712@cup.portal.com>
Date: 30 Mar 91 21:58:59 GMT
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>I just bought the 32K upgrade memory buffer chip for my Panasonic KX-P1124
>pri and I'd like to know who sells downloadable fonts for said device. By
>By the way, for those of you considerpicking up the extender chip, it do
>doesn't seem to iase the text buffer at all; it simply allows you to 
>download fonts.  Maybe you already knew this; it came as a bit of a surprise 
>to me.

       I think what is happening is that the buffer is indeed working for
text, but that the printer is sufficiently fast, relative to the speed
at which it is receiving data, that the buffer fills slowly.
I'm going to have to check this out.....

>        Anyway, does anyone know who I cocontact for fonts for this
>printer? Addresses/phone numbers of such places would be much appreciated.

Try simtel20, or one of the mirror archives, and you can get sixty-four fonts
for free!  See the following in directory <MSDOS.PRINTER>:


Directory PD1:<MSDOS.PRINTER>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
EPLQFNTS.ARC  B  160871  890513  Fonts for Epson LQ800/1000 printers
LQCHR121.ZIP  B   13664  910207  Design own char sets for Epson LQ compat prntr


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                                   David Metzger
                                   metzger@cup.portal.com