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From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Problems with a Seikosha ImageWriter-compatible printer
Keywords: Seikosha Imagewriter compatible
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Date: 8 May 89 23:42:37 GMT
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Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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Spent this weekend helping my parents set up their new Macintosh system: a
new Mac Plus, Cirrus 30 drive, latest version of Microsoft Works and a
Seikosha ImageWriter compatible printer, the 1000AP.  Everything worked fine
-- except, unfortunately, the Seikosha.  The system is absolutely basic:
6.0.2, the ImageWriter driver, etc., no INITs or anything.  The DIP switches
are set correctly on the Seikosha, and an ImageWriter I cable is hooked
between the Plus and the Seikosha.  However, when printing in any of the
three printing modes (Best, Faster, Draft), problems ensue.

When printing a document from works (one line in 18-point Boston, followed
by a paragraph in 12-point Boston), the printer prints several spurious
characters around the 18-point Boston font, writes the first 12-point line,
and then begins to overwrite the bottom half of the first line with the
second line (this is *not* a sticky tractor feed -- that's what I thought at
first).  Finally, it starts sending form feeds like crazy to the printer...

We sent the Seikosha back to MacWarehouse so that they could take a look at
it.  In the meantime, anyone have any idea as to what could be causing it?
I thought I'd have Dad take the Plus back to the store he bought it from and
test it on printing to another printer, just in case.  (When I first bought
my 512K, it had a bad serial port.)

TIA...

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