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From: FCTY7023@RYERSON.BITNET (Peter Barta)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: PROGRAPPLER PRINTER INTERFACE
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Date: 8 Mar 88 22:43:21 GMT
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%%%%%%%%% I have an Apple II+ clone (cca 1983) and recently bought myself
%%%%%%%%% a Roland PR-1012 printer which I found to be great value for the
%%%%%%%%% price and a pleasure to use. It has graphic capability, special
%%%%%%%%% character sets, etc. I became somewhat irritated when I found
%%%%%%%%% that I could access only half the character sets, since my inter-
%%%%%%%%% face (a Microtek Apple Dumpling, as I found out) was sending only
%%%%%%%%% 7 bits to the printer.
%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%% A new, 8-bit printer interface seemed to be the solution and I
%%%%%%%%% bought the PROGRAPPLER at a price of about 40% the printer's.
%%%%%%%%% The manual claims it will work with any Apple II, right up to
%%%%%%%%% and including the GS. It seems to work fine under DOS (for the
%%%%%%%%% first time, I could transfer my hi-res screen to paper) BUT...
%%%%%%%%% it refuses to turn on with CP/M (incl. Wordstar). I followed
%%%%%%%%% the instructions to the letter but the printer remains dead.
%%%%%%%%%
%%%%%%%%% ANY IDEAS ?  (thx).
%%%%%%%%%
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