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From: pm860605@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Peter J. McKinney)
Subject: Postscript cartridge for Laserjet III: Recommendations?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:17:52 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University
Keywords: postscript,laser,laserjet,cartridge,board


	I'd like to hear from people that have recommendations on how
best to get postscript output from a HP Laserjet III.  I am aware of
software solutions such as Ghostscript, but I'd prefer something with
higher quality and faster response that is built in to the printer.
I believe there are several cartridge and/or board optins for the laserjet
III.  I'm interested in any experiences with print speed, quality, cost,
etc.  I need to produce a publication quality documents with graphics
embedded and find the laserjet III with word perfect to be a bit limited in
this capacity.  Thanks in advance for any replies.  If folks email to me,
I'll post a summary to the net.

- Pete

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| Electrohydrodynamic Laboratory                                           |
| Fluid Mechanics and Wind Engineering Program                             |
| Civil Engineering Department                                             |
| Colorado State University                                                |
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From: 9021973@ul.ie
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Need control codes for Digital LG01
Date: 7 Jan 93 12:39:28 GMT
Organization: University of Limerick, Ireland

Hi all,

We've got a digital LG01 here in the lab with no attached manual [for us users,
that is.....] and occassionally some *%^(# sends a binary file to it causing it
to switch to some unknown mode where it prints out 'interesting' characters. Has
anybody got a handy quick-ref of the codes it accepts so that we can reset it
without having to hit the Big Red (well, grey actually) Switch?

Cheers,

Ronan Waide 9021973@ul.ie
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.sigless workstation.....
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: kkrueger@cwis.unomaha.edu (Kurt Krueger)
Subject: Cannon BJ-10e
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 16:10:13 GMT

I am considering buying a Cannon BJ-10e from someone on the net, and I'd
like to find out a few things about it from people other than the owner.
He's in a rush, so if you could mail me a response right away, I'd greatly
appreciate it.

He advertised the BJ-10e, but in a catalog, I saw a BJ-10ex.  Did he simply
leave off the "x" or is the "ex" a newer, better model.

Does it print business envelopes?  I have been using my cousin's StlyeWriter
on her Mac, and since I have been sending off a lot of mail, it's nice to be
able to print envelopes easily.  I tried a DeskJet, and it was incapable of
moving the print head over to the left far enough to print the return ad-
dress in the right spot (it was about an inch over).

What are the differences between the BJ-10e and the BJ-300?

What is the overall quality of the print?

Thanks,

Kurt Krueger
kkrueger@unomaha.edu

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: oestline@maui.qualcomm.com (Ofer Estline)
Subject: Does anyone have a Word perfect printer file
Summary:   Need printer file for Diablo 630 LQ printer
Keywords:  HELP
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Distribution: usa
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 00:35:30 GMT


	I purchased an old Diablo 630 compatible Letter Quality printer today.
	I'd like to run it with Word Perfect 5.1, but apparently I do
	not have the .PRS file for it.  Does anyone have it, or know of
	an ftp site that may have it ??

	Thanks,
	--Ofer
	!(Fade Away)

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: tagoldth@tagsun.med.utoronto.ca (Thomas A. Goldthorpe)
Subject: LaserJet encodings
Organization: University of Toronto
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:46:00 GMT

Can anyone point me to an ftp-able file with the encoding formats for
laserjet RLL and laserjet tiff described.  I figure this must be
somewhere (and I am tired of dumping bitmaps without at least rll'ing
them to save download time).

tom

tom@spine.med.utoronto.ca

My employer doesn't have any say in this posting, just as I have no
say on behalf of them in this posting.  Enough said.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: ahill@boi.hp.com (Andy Hill)
Subject: Re: Voltage/Frequency
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 19:30:19 GMT
Reply-To: ahill@boi.hp.com
Organization: LaserJets by Bill & Dave
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]

Can't speak for the DeskJet/BubbleJet stuff, but I have heard of cases
of LaserJets being run off of transformers successfully.  There's nothing
particularly frequency-sensitive about the innards of a LJ (check the 
back, sometime - they're rated for 50-60Hz).  At the very
least, the transformer should be able to handle the printing load of
the printer, and, if it has a built-in UPS, it should be able to handle
the 15-20A spike when the fuser cycles on, without glitching.

Of course, you'd be totally on your own if you fritzed your printer.
Regulatory issues (safety and electomagnetic interference) differ enough
amongst countries that finding someone willing to service a printer made
for operation in a foreign country would be interesting, to say the least.

As far as parts-swap upgrading, I doubt that it would make financial sense.
At a minimum, it requires swapping the power supply and the fusing unit
(which is connected directly across the mains, during operation).  The
legal issues also tend to get a bit sticky, here.
From: abc@brl.mil (Brinton Cooper)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Strange Behavior
Keywords: DMP130, ProPrinter, @ and Heart
Date: 9 Jan 93 20:52:15 GMT

I use a Tandy DMP 130 in IBM Proprinter emulation mode for
typesetting applications and as an ASCII line printer. Whenever in
graphics mode, the printer outputs an @ sign followed by a solid HEART
in the upper left hand corner of the page. It does not do this in
ASCII mode.

Can someone tell me what's causing this and how to stop it?

Thanks,

_Brinton Cooper 

<abc@brl.mil>, <cooper@udel.edu>, <ab.cooper@compmail.com>, or
<ab.cooper@iee.org>

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_Brinton Cooper 
<abc@brl.mil>, <cooper@udel.edu>, or  <ab.cooper@compmail.com>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: dohler@ee.ualberta.ca (Darin W Dohler)
Subject: Epson HomeWriter10, Help anyone?
Summary: need pin connection numbers
Keywords: epson
Organization: University Of Alberta, Edmonton Canada
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 20:52:27 GMT

I acquired an old Epson HomeWriter 10 a while ago.  The problem though is that
I don't have the needed adapter card for the serial or parallel don't know
which pins to connect the printer to my IBM.  I was wondering if anyone
had an old adapter card that they would be willing to sell or else inform
me of what pins connect to what for the parallel. I have wrote Epson but they
told me the line was discontinued and gave me no iformation.  Anyways help
would be appreciated.

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: egharbaw@nmsu.edu (Eihab Gharbawi)
Subject: FOR SALE:  HP PostScript Cartridge
Organization: NMSU Computer Science
Distribution: comp.periphs.printers
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 04:27:46 GMT

Greetings,

I have a brand new, still in static bag HP PS cartridge.

If interested, please make an offer.

Thanks,

Eihab
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.sun.hardware
From: dave@Cigna.COM (Dave Good)
Subject: Re: comments on hp laserjet 4m & sun's newsprinter 20 sought
Organization: Cigna FIRST - Irvine, CA
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 01:42:54 GMT

Sorry for the delay in response (due to the holidays...). 
I've started a new thread since the original has expired at my site.
From: dn3662@oktext.sbc.com (David W. Neill)
Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 500/SPARC
Reply-To: dn3662@sunset.sbc.com (David W. Neill)
Organization: SWBT-Midwest
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 93 06:51:06 GMT

In article <Jan05.210653.71633@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> dianee@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Diane Eyre) writes:
>
>I have an HP Deskjet 500 that I would like to use on a
>SPARCstation.  However, HP doesn't support Unix for this
>printer.  Does anyone know what an entry would be in the 
>/etc/printcap file for the Deskjet?  Is it even possible
>to use it with Unix?

ghostscript can convert from PostScript to HPGL(?5), I've seen
PostScript files printed on a DJ500C from a SparcStation this way.

I don't have/remember the locations for ghostscript, but it's 
avaliable at a number of archive sites.  If anyone knows how to
set up NewsPrint to use the ghostscript filters, a concise posting
of how-to step-by-step would be a really nice contribution.

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2205 N Rockwell FLR 1      work> 405-792-3333 > ..oktext!dn3662
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Internet:  dn3662@sunset.sbc.com  OR  ..texbell.sbc.com!oktext!dn3662
Organisation: European Space Technology Centre (E.S.T.E.C)
Date: Wednesday, 6 Jan 1993 08:55:24 CET
From: <FNOTMAN@ESTEC.BITNET>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet 4 expansion questions
Distribution: comp

>                                                   The manual claims
>that only 16 Mbyte of memory expansion space remain after the
>PostScript upgrade is installed.  Does this include the extra four
>Mbyte needed by Postscript?  Or, does the Postscript module consume a
>full 16 Mbytes of the 32 Mbyte memory addressing space of the printer?
 The problem isn't "Memory address space I think (though I'm glad you mentioned
you found it in the manual, I only have Dutch Lang. manuals and am waiting on
an English set, as I posed a similly -in reverse- question a few weeks back
without response).
 I have the 4M which comes with an extra 4 MB memory and PS2. In effect it
actually uses 24MB of "adressing space" whilst only giving 4MB, thus your
limmited to 14MB without scrapping the 4MB and replacing with an 8MB. The
reason I say "effectively" is that the mother board has 4 "SIMM" slots, 1 is
used for the included 4MB, and TWO are used for the PS2 option. Thus you only
have 1 slot left into which a max 8MB can be added.
 Of course if you want another SIMM-based emulation, you've had it. I think
HP should have put 2 banks on the board, 1 for memory and 1 for langs,
particularly as the PS2 requires 2 of them.
 In the blurb (at least the stuff I've got) they go on about it can have this
that and the other option, without clarifying that they are partly mutually
exclusive. I think it's VERY bad that they need 2 slots for PS2.

 P.S. QUESTION. I understand that L-j 4 SIMMS are compatible with IIISi SIMMS.
Further, I've heard no mention of a PS2 options for IIISi. Why can't the L-j 4
PS2 option be used in an L-j IIISi???. That's what I'd like to know.
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.editors,comp.text,sci.electronics,bit.listserv.word-pc
From: lachlan@dmp.csiro.au (Lachlan Cranswick)
Subject: Re: Help! Need to interface typewriter to a PC.
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 12:52:34 GMT

phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:

>You've got to be kidding.  You can get 45 cps Diablo printers with
>serial interfaces for $50 or so at flea markets.  A friend of mine
>pulled one out of a dumpster 5+ years ago.  Throw your typewriter away.

Not neccessarily.

Sometimes, a nice crisp letter made with a typewriter
is a lot more impressive than a cheap dot matrix printer
with fan fold paper,
or a second-hand printer from a flea-market that might work..

I used to type out my resumes with a typewriter
rather than a PC with a cheap printer  - looked
a lot better.

(I personally would be a bit worried about buying second
hand computer equipment as I always like a warranty)

I have a brother typewriter that I got before I could afford a
PC.  The main problem is that the typewriter manufacturers
effectively restrict you to buying an expensive module
to link it to a PC - which is not cost effective.

The only cheap printer I have found that rivals the print
quality of a typewriter is the Canon BJ10ex Bubble Jet -
especially combined with MS Windows - and that is around $500.

Its still a rip-off buying the add-on interface
modules for typewriters.
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  Division of Mineral Products           /      \ tel +61 3 647 0367
  PO Box 124, Port Melbourne 3207        \_.--._/ fax +61 3 646 3223
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From: hawkeye@ludd.luth.se (hakan bergstrom)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Wanted: driver for Siemens PT89S-22 IBM-vers.
Date: 12 Jan 93 19:13:01 GMT
Organization: Lule} Tekniska H|gskolas Datorf|rening - Ludd

I would like a driver for windows to my Siemens PT89S-22
(It's the same as PT88S but it can take up to 400mm paper.)
Or do anyone know if any other driver that comes with
windows fits my printer. It's quite old 4-5 years, but
it's a very silent (45db(A) 9 dots ink-jet printer
and i would be very happy if i  could use it to more
than to dump ASCII.
Please mail it to me , or a pointer to where i can get it.

hawkeye@ludd.luth.se
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com (Steven J. Edwards)
Subject: HP LaserJet 4 expansion questions
Reply-To: sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com
Organization: Bull HN, Worldwide Information Systems, Billerica, Mass., USA
Distribution: comp
Date: 4 Jan 93 10:20:21

I am the happy owner of a new HP LaserJet 4, and I have some questions
about expansion capabilities.

First, a micro-review.  Currently, the printer is connected via a
parallel interface to a 486 DX box running MWC Coherent.  I haven't
yet had time to try out all the features, but the preliminary report
is that the output quality is very high given the quite reasonable
street price for the unit.  I'm using cheap 20 weight xerographic
paper and the purported curling "problem" is insignificant.  On the
downside, I think that parts of the plastic case are a bit too thin
and a heavier gauge should have been used.  In particular, the
multi-purpose tray and its extender has a rather fragile appearance.
As this printer is only going to be used by me for medium duty
research, I'm not worried about breaking anything; however, I would be
concerned if it were for use by, say, unsupervised students in a high
volume environment.

Now, the questions.  I have a Macintosh LocalTalk network in my lab
with two Macs and an ImageWriter II printer connected via TurboNet
(PhoneNet clone) network adapters.  I will be purchaing the LocalTalk
Multi-I/O card from HP when the budget permits.  However, I assume
that this card is unusable without the HP Postscript SIMM upgrade.  Is
this true?  It seems that all that is needed for this to work in a
non-Postscript fashion (bitmap fonts only, perhaps) is for an
appropriate printer driver to be written for the Mac.  Actually, it
should also be possible to write a Mac printer driver for a direct
RS-422 serial connection to the printer.

Concerning the HP PostScript SIMM upgrade, I assume that this can work
fine without any Multi-I/O card.  However, the documents are not clear
as to what memory comes with this upgrade.  Is there any?  Is it 4
Mbyte as hinted in the manual?  Does a separate memory SIMM upgrade
need to be purchased with the PostScript upgrade?  The manual claims
that only 16 Mbyte of memory expansion space remain after the
PostScript upgrade is installed.  Does this include the extra four
Mbyte needed by Postscript?  Or, does the Postscript module consume a
full 16 Mbytes of the 32 Mbyte memory addressing space of the printer?

Any help on these questions will be much appreciated.

 [The above opinions expressed are my own; not necessarily held by others.]
      == Steven J. Edwards           Bull HN Information Systems Inc. ==
      == (508) 294-3484              300 Concord Road         MS 820A ==
      == sje@xylos.ma30.bull.com     Billerica, MA 01821          USA ==
"That Government which Governs the Least, Governs Best." -- Thomas Jefferson
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.lang.postscript
From: am@frors65.circe.fr (Alain Merigot)
Subject: Re: LaserWriter IIg problems
Reply-To: am@ief-paris-sud.fr
Organization: circe
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 11:25:11 GMT

>We just got an Apple LaserWriter IIg to add to our Sun Sparc network.  We've
>had a IINTX for over a year and have been very happy with it.  I now find that
>the IIg will simply not print some PostScript files that the IINTX handles 
>with no trouble at all.  The IIg flashes for a while, indicating that it's 
>receiving data, but nothing prints.  It's not RAM, since the IINTX has
a measly 
>2MB while the IIg has 8MB.  

>So... what's the buzz on the IIg?  Is there a set of known problems for this
>printer?  Did Apple manage to screw up its PostScript implementation?
>Sheesh.


We have a similar problem. According to apple hotline there is problem when 
mixing Adobe and bitmap (truetype, TeX) fonts. There does not seem to exist a 
way to overcome the problem (nor to downgrade!). But if somebody knows
one, I would
be *VERY* interested !

Alain Merigot


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Institut d'Electronique Fondamentale
Universite Paris Sud        //===================================
91405 Orsay Cedex    	    || am@ief-paris-sud.fr (ip)
France 	                    ||
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: khor@bnr.ca (Kyle Hor)
Subject: Re: Voltage/Frequency
Reply-To: khor@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research Ltd.
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 17:30:46 GMT

In article <78810@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt4997b@prism.gatech.EDU (hamza benamar) writes:
|> 
|>      I was wondering if anyone on the net could provide me
|>   with some help/input/information concerning printers, more
|>   specifically the issue of voltage and frequency differences
|>   overseas. I am planning to buy a portable printer or laser
|>   one for a friend who will be using it overseas mainly, hence
|>   requiring 220V/50Hz.

From my experience, MOST electronic products sold in North America
operates only on 110V while for the rest of the world there is usually
a 110V/220V option switch at the back.  I will not go into the reasons
why, but I'd also noticed that the transformer in many of these North
American versions actually has the 220V option too -- except that they
are not wired.
 
Since Canon is Japanese, I'd say that it is highly probable that the
BJ200 transformer can handle both 110V and 220V.  You'd just have to
do some soldering on your own.
 
|>      Can he simply use a voltage converter, disgarding the
|>   frequency ? My knowledge in EE is quite limited. However, I
|>   would guess the frequency would come in play whenever there
|>   is a use of motors. 

Printer motors are DC stepper motors.  They are frequency independant
unlike motors in some of the older disk drives.

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. Kyle Hor                    .    /       / _   .  Email  khor@bnr.ca     .
. Bell-Northern Research Ltd. .   /__\  / / /_\  .  Phone  (613) 763-2488  .
. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada     .  / \  \/ /  \__  .  ESN          393-2488  .
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: kuo@teal.csn.org (Spencer Shafer)
Subject: PostScript Printer differences?
Organization: Colorado SuperNet, Inc.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 15:43:58 GMT

I have 2 PostScript printers, one an Okidata and one an IBM.  When
I print the same document to both printers, I get slightly different
results.  The IBM gets more characters per line - just a few more.
This changes the pagination.  So, I have to stay with the printer
on which the document was created.  Oh, and I'm printing from
WordPerfect.

My question is - Why does this happen?  They are both PostScript.
They are both 300dpi.  What causes this difference.  It's more
than a little maddening.  I've had the problem going between an
HP Laser and these printers, but that I can write off to PostScript
vs. non-PostScript.  But within PostScript?

Appreciate any light anyone can shed.

Dave L.

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From: wolpers@i11s10.ira.uka.de (Andreas Wolpers)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Compac PageMarq and AppleTalk
Date: 7 Jan 93 10:01:07 GMT
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
NNTP-Posting-Host: i11s10.ira.uka.de

Hello,

has anybody out there already received the AppleTalk interface
for his/her Compac PageMarq printer? Will I ever receive mine
(ordered 2 months ago)?

-- 
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e-mail: wolpers@ira.uka.de     Institute for Logic, Complexity
phone:  49-721-608-3977        and Deductive Systems
fax:    49-721-697760          Karlsruhe, Germany
From: PXP8@psuvm.psu.edu (Peter Parisi)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: DJ500/Canon BJ300/paper quality
Date: 10 Jan 93 17:59:25 GMT
Article-I.D.: psuvm.93010.125925PXP8
Organization: Penn State University

In a recent discussion of the relative merits of the HP DJ500 and Canon
BJ300, someone said--or at least implied--that the HP is more sensitive to
paper quality, i.e. prints its best, near-laser quality on fewer papers than
the Canon.  I am puzzled how this could be so.  They both use essentially
the same technology, no?  And the problem basically is caused by ink either
spraying or leaching through the paper fiber, no?  Then how could there be a
significant difference between them?
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
From: root@shawn.uucp (Mark Jeghers -- UNIX/X/Motif Contractor)
Subject: How do you like your NEC SilentWriter 95?
Reply-To: root@shawn.uucp (Mark Jeghers -- UNIX/X/Motif Contractor)
Organization: Mark Jeghers -- UNIX/X/Motif Contractor
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 06:30:05 GMT

I am considering buying one of these slightly used.

Any opinions by knowledgable folks?  How is it with Windows 3.1 ?
How is it's Postscript implementation?  How fast is a pageful of
graphics?

I understand it uses the Minolta engine, not the more common Canon.
How is the quality/maintainability/cost of the Minolta engine?
How is overall maintenance costs?

Should I go for this model or not???

Thanks for replies, one and all.

Mark Jeghers
UNIX/X/Motif Contractor
408/281-4823 [voicemail]
From: ktomlin@csugrad.cs.vt.edu (Keith P. Tomlin)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: HP Thinkjet Dip Switches
Date: 11 Jan 93 15:12:52 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech Computer Science Dept, Blacksburg, VA

I have a HP Thinkjet serial printer and am in need of a little help.
 
Does anyone know what dip-switch settings I should use in order for the
printer to work?  I'm trying to use it as a general use printer on a
286.  There are two sets of switches, some for the printer in general
and some for the serial port, I assume.
 
Thanks for the help,
Keith
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Virginia Tech Computer Science                     |  ktomlin@turing.org
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