Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!daveb
From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with an amiga printer please.
Message-ID: <3236@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 88 14:16:43 GMT
References: <212@turbo.RAY.COM>
Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 34
Keywords: 24 pin color/lq1500 compatible

In article <212@turbo.RAY.COM> Robin@turbo.RAY.COM (Robin Alston) writes:
>
>Hi amiga gurus. I am helping a friend owner of a 1000 with printer
>choice. We are both considering a 24 pin printer supplied by Printers PLus
>in the DC area with color options which comes in at about $500 mail order.
>Now the question, is there a driver out there for this beast, it emulates
>an epson LQ2500 (a wide 1500). I know we could just go and get something
>that is jx80 compatible but the price of this machine makes it very
>attractive, especially with the effective very high resolution which would
>allow even better dithering on color images, or just the ability to make a
>very small picture using the pin-per-dot resolution scheme.
>If a driver does not exist how would an owner who has no 'tools'
>(ie C or anything else) go about getting one. 
>
>By the way I have examined the general output of this beast and it is very
>impressive in LQ mode.
>
>Please mail replies, will summarise if enough people ask me to.
>Thanx.
>
>
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	I converted our V1.3 EpsonQ driver to a V1.2 version.  The EpsonQ
driver drives all EpsonLQ printers (800, 1000, 1500, 2500, etc.) in
black&white or color mode.

	I'll get it uploaded to the net next week.