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From: deg@sei.cmu.edu (Donald Griffin)
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Subject: Using NEC 3550 Printer with P:R Interface
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Date: 7 Jun 91 21:49:06 GMT
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    I'm the happy(!?) owner of the above letter-quality parallel printer.
My problem?  It works well with IBM-compatible PCs, but doesn't
understand my 130XE via a P:R Connection interface.

    The P:R works well with a Gemini 10X parallel printer, so I assume
the internal ok/not-ok-to-print logic should work.  However, the NEC
printer will randomly print/not print characters, and sometimes print
trash, almost as if it were a serial printer running at the wrong baud
rate!

    Has anyone out there used this printer, or perhaps an
Anderson-Jacobson or Diablo daisy-wheel printer?  If so I sure could
use some pointers in making it work.

    Also, assuming the printer can be made to work, am I right in
expecting that the P:R will take care of any return/linefeed concerns?

    Lastly, can anyone share documentation on this beast?  It's
supposed to be able to do bold, proportional, pica, elite, and the
rest of those neat formatting things a daisy wheel/thimble/petal
printer can do, and I have NO documentation at all.

    Thanks for your help,

Don