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From: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: (none)
Message-ID: <1506@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 24 Mar 89 21:36:31 GMT
References: <4316@brains.uucp>
Reply-To: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
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In article <4316@brains.uucp> john_sakalauskas%brains@iisat writes:
>IIgs, Grappler Pro, and a Panasonic Printer:
>
>   Here I am again, leaving a message 
for my friend who is anxiously waiting
>for his IIgs.....he asks if anyone has an Apple IIgs and a Grappler Pro
>hooked up to a Panasonic printer.  When he originally bought his ][e, he
>carelessly unpacked his printer interface and is convinced that a WARNING
>type piece of paper was included in the package concerning use with the IIgs.
>He wonders if anyone is using one of these cards, and if so, is there any
>special settings that the interface must be set to. Any help is
>appreciated.-john 

No!  Don't do it!  I had the EXACT same setup!  Stay away from the ProGrappler
at all costs!  I bought it when it was still being advertised as a IIGS
product.  They never did get it working.  It won't print a super hires screen
from its CDA or anything!  The ProGrappler I have also has really crummy
installation instructions for the GS that don't work at all!  The connector is
really tight and hard to connect (a good thing electrically, I suppose).

However, I still use the ProGrappler with a NX10.  If you treat it as a dumb
parallel card, it works fine with GS/OS Epson printer driver.  Set the dip
switches on the ProGrappler for EPSON.  Of course, you could probably just get
a cheap parallel card instead.  

Don't get one of those Grappler Mac/GS/C thingies...emulation of the
Imagewriter isn't perfect in my experience and it requires you to constantly
set dip switches if you change between printing graphics and text.  It also
requires an external power supply (supplied) and you can't leave it plugged
in.  It is also very very *SLOW*.

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