Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!daveb
From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ProWrite 2.0 -- a review (long)
Message-ID: <3491@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 21 Mar 88 22:26:18 GMT
References: <27373@linus.UUCP>
Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <27373@linus.UUCP> sdl@linus.UUCP (Steven D. Litvintchouk) writes:
>
>I recently received ProWrite 2.0.1, the latest upgrade to ProWrite
>(New Horizons Software).  Following are some initial impressions and
>comments.  
>
>The only recurring problem I've had is that when printing several
>pages (continously) in graphic output (any orientation), when the
>printer is finished with the current page, it doesn't quite scroll all
>the way to the beginning of the next page; it consistently falls short
>by about 2 lines.  If, on the other hand, I select "cut sheet" (so
>you're prompted to enter each new page), it falls short by only 1/2
>line per page.  Perhaps it's a bug in the Okimate 20 printer driver
>rather than in ProWrite.  However, there doesn't seem to be an obvious
>workaround; ProWrite seems to ignore the page size that is set via
>Preferences.
>
	This 'problem' is probably due to the eprom in the Okimate-20
printer.  The spacing accuracy of the printer is such that sometimes
you get white lines in a graphic dump.  To alleviate this, Okidata
put a new eprom in the printer that linefeeds slightly less than 24
pins (the height of the print head) when the paper is advanced.  This
corrects the white line problem BUT creates two new ones.  One: sometimes
you get overlapping areas of color (dark banding) instead of white
banding (I feel that this is a fair trade off). Two: this kludge throws
off the printer device's idea of how far the paper has been advanced.
ie. If the paper is advanced 66 times (144 dpi * 11 inches / 24 pins)
it hasn't advanced 11 inches (like it should) instead it has advanced
9 and 78/144 (ie. it is out by 66/144 of an inch).  This is
a very crude example but I think you get the idea.  If memory serves,
Okidata allows you to turn this 'kludge' on and off via dip switch #5
on your plug-n-print module so you can try it without if you want.

	Regards, David Berezowski