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From: zgel05@flyer.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Epson LQ-500 blues
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Date: 21 Dec 88 19:36:38 GMT
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Organization: Amoco Production Co, Tulsa Research Center
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Tulsa, Oklahoma
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I've really enjoyed using my relatively new Epson LQ-500.  Great print, good
reliability, the letter-quality is great.

My problem is that several programs I'm using for graphics output (PrintShop
and Ventura Publishing, to name two) don't have Epson LQ drivers.  They do
have Espon FX drivers, which almost work.  Since the LQ-500 is a 24-pin 
printer, and the FX is a 9-pin, all of the graphics output is stretched 
vertically by a 9/8 ratio.

Does anyone know of a fix for this?  Is there a printer TSR that can convert
the format of the data somehow?  Are there some arcane printer codes for the
LQ that will make it more like an FX? (The user manual sure doesn't mention
anything like that!)

Any help will be greatly appreciated, any mail replies will be summarized 
and posted.  Thanks...

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George Lehmann   PP/ASEL/IA                           ...!uunet!apctrc!zgel05
Amoco Production Co.     PO BOX 3385, Tulsa, Ok  74102     Voice:918-660-4066