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From: darkwing@cis.umassd.edu (Curtis H. Wilbar Jr.)
Subject: LQ1500 parts/accessories wanted !
Organization: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 16:58:23 GMT

Hello everyone, 


  I'm looking for a tractor feed for an LQ1500....

  I'm also looking for the PC character set font upgrade ROMS....

  I'd also like to find a sheet feeder....

  How about RAM expansion....

  How about dead LQ1500s ?

  Anything LQ1500.... e-mail me....

Thanks,

  -- Curt

darkwing@cis.umassd.edu
From: bradshaw@ccvax.ucd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Using non-postscript HP Ljet on a SPARCStation
Date: 23 Aug 92 17:30:26 GMT
Organization: University College Dublin

I have recently setup our Sun SPARCStation IPC as a print server
to our PC's via PC-NFS v3.5b with a HP LaserJet IIIP. However,
the printer is not postscript compatible and only recognises
HP-PCL/HPGL formatted print files. I was wondering if anyone
knows of any (freely available) Sun based software which will
act as a driver for the printer such that incoming print jobs
will be formatted in PCL or HPGL. I am aware of Sun's NeWSPrint
software which performs a similar job...I guess I'm looking for
a freely available equivalent. All replies appreciated. Thanks in
advance..... My E-Mail addresses are below.

CBRADH89@IRLEARN.UCD.IE
BRADSHAW@CCVAX.UCD.IE
From: robbie@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (G.Robert Arrabito)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: want good price on Seico DPU-201G-SU printer
Keywords: point of sales printer
Date: 26 Aug 92 20:26:50 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine


Subj line says it all. Best price I can find is $229 U.S.
Heard some one saying that he/she bought it considerably cheaper.

Robert Arrabito
e-mail: robbie@dretor.dciem.dnd.ca
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.hardware
From: mo@sdf.lonestar.org (Mohit Goyal)
Subject: IBM Laserprinter 5e(4029-010) vs. HP Laserjet IIIP
Organization: sdf Public Access UNIX, Dallas--unrestricted free shell access
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:05:40 GMT


Hello.

I have the option of either purchasing an IBM Laserprinter 5e or a HP
Laserjet IIIP.

I am looking for any and all comments on either of these two printers.

If you have one, how do you like it, any complaints, how does it print
envelopes, etc...

If you have both, or have used both, which do you feel is better?

I will mainly be using the printer to print letters and essays from
Wordperfect, pascal programs, and of course, the occasional "copy to
prn.." command.

p.s.-if their are any other printers in the 1,000 price range you want
to recommend for me, feel free to.

I will post a summary.

Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: paul@ais.org (Paul Vargo)
Subject: thinkjet
Organization: UMCC
Distribution: us
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 00:31:57 GMT

Hey netland,

Has anyone connected a HP Thinkjet to a PC?  I have the
printer, an GPIB interface, software w/the interface, but
no software for the printer.

Can anyone out there who have hooked this up already
get in touch with me.  thanks.

paul@ais.org
From: mppu3@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Conor McMenamin)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Problem printing full page on DeskJet 500
Date: 18 Aug 92 15:46:55 GMT
Organization: University of Sussex

Hi,
	I am having a problem printing from a PC to a HP DeskJet 500.
The files I am printing are Ghostscript output, made with
-sDEVICE=djet500, of graphs in postscript. I send the files to the
printer using the command 'type [filename] > prn'. The printer then
begins to print. After a few seconds I get the DOS prompt again on the
PC, and just after this the printer stops printing. The paper remains in
the printer and the 'Busy' light on the printer remains on, but no more
happens. Only about half of the full page of the graph is printed, and I
have to press 'Reset' on the printer to get the paper out and get the
Busy light off.

	Does anybody know how I can get the full page printed out? I am
using a version of ghostscript on a UNIX machine, and then writing the
file to PC format disks, but I think the format must be OK as the half a
page I get is exactly as it should be.

	Any ideas?
	Cheers,
	bird3in
From: iskandar@nynexst.com (Sam Iskandar)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Recommendation on high res printer
Date: 26 Aug 92 14:53:21 GMT
Reply-To: iskandar@nynexst.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Hi,

I am looking for a very high resolution, non-color, laser printer(1200 DPI and above)
for professional use in printing. Do you have any recommendations. Pls e-mail me
directly if possible, or post on net.

Thanks for any info.  


---
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Nynex Science & Technology     Phone:  (914)644-2548
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,sfnet.atk.laitteet
From: oylonen@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi (Otso Yl|nen (OSY))
Subject: Radio Shack Line Printer V (manual,drivers?)
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 15:02:51 GMT

Hi!

I've got an old 9-pin matrix printer called

        Radio Shack Line Printer V.

I wonder if there's anybody with the manual of this piece of historical
equipment?  Also, if someone has a driver for Word Perfect (5.1) for this
one, I'd have good use for it!

Thanks! 
_____________________
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        Internet   oylonen@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
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From: hp48sx@wupost.wustl.edu (HP48SX Archive Maintainer)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: IS there a Desk[Jet|Writer] refill FAQ ?
Date: 4 Sep 1992 04:04:16 -0500
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO USA
Distribution: inet
NNTP-Posting-Host: wuarchive.wustl.edu

There is a step by step instruction for refilling cannon BJ10e / Apple
Stylewriter cartridges by using plain ink. Is there such a thing for the
DeskWriter cartridges too ? Ink is much cheaper than the refill packages
you can buy.
-- 
Povl H. Pedersen             hp48sx@wuarchive.wustl.edu
HP48sx archive maintainer

All Opinions (C) Copyright the Intergalactic Thought Association
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Problem With Epson LQ-510 Type Printer
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:51:34 GMT

In article <92.09.01.1@mcimail.com> George S. Thurman <0004056081@mcimail.com> writes:
> I need some help with a printer problem.

It's not a bug, it's a feature. I have an LQ570 (AP5000) that does the
same thing.

> I recently purchased an EPSON ACTIONPRINTER 4000, which is a
> re-built/re-furbished EPSON LQ-510.  I use continuous feed paper...
> no stopping between pages.  After about 8 to 15 pages (depending on
> the font used and amount of text) the printer goes in to OVERHEAT.
> The printer stops functioning.

No it doesn't. It simply pauses to let the printhead cool off. I'm really
glad of this, after having seen a number of printheads bite the big one when
running in graphic mode or when it's hot. If you read the documentation in
earlier models (not just Epson, either) they were usually full of things
like "don't print full black for more than 2/3 of a line" or "condensed
graphics printing will cause overheating with more than 50% black pixels".
Of course, programmers didn't always heed these warnings.

> The ON LINE light starts to flash, but after about 30 seconds or so,
> printing will resume.  The guy on the phone at Epson tells me that
> this is normal, that it is designed like that to stop the print head
> from burning out.

That's exactly right.
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: jmiller@andy.bgsu.edu (Jim Miller)
Subject: CITOH Cerial - Cable pinouts?
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 23:42:01 GMT

Hi,
   I have a C-Itoh C-315 serial interface printer. I am having a TERRIBLE
time trying to get this printer to do XON/XOFF flow control. I just cannot
get it to send an XOFF to the computer.

   I am having to build a cable to connect this printer, so I may not
have something right in the cable. So far I have just a null modem cable:

Computer	Printer
  1		  1
  2		  3
  3		  2
  4		  5
  5		  4
  6		  20
  7		  7
  20		  6
  20		  8	(Had to tie CD high to get it to print at all)

   This printer is connected to an SCO UNIX system.

Any help you can provide would be very much appreciated.

Jim Miller
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From: zyen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ze-Yang Yen)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.windows.ms
Subject: HELP: Is printer with 512K for real ?
Date: 29 Aug 92 20:02:44 GMT
Organization: UB


I am buying a low-end laser printer for my personal use.
The only package that I will be using is WORD for WINDOW 2.0,
plus a lot of equations from EQUATION EDITOR and, occationally,
a figure from Mathematica 2.0.  The printers that fit my budget
are PANASONIC 4410, OKIDATA 400, and EPSON ACTION II, all around
$650.  They all come with 512K RAM standard.  The local dealer 
assured me 512K is enough.  Can anyone confirm this ?  Am I
being deceived ?  Do I actually need 2Mb ?   Any help will be
MOST appreciated !!

Kelson
From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: EPSON software emulation for HP Laserjet
Keywords: epson laserjet
Date: 3 Sep 92 12:34:21 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC

In article <cole.715479165@lea> cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Robert Cole) writes:
>I've been looking for a software package (hopefully shareware) which
>will provide a software emulation of an Epson dot-matrix in order to
>print to a laserjet.

It's called DMPLAS.ZIP and should be on major archive sites.
Also has an optional set of 9-pin soft fonts for even better effect.

For better results, you may wish to plunk down $150 or so for the
Epson/IBM emulation cartridge made by HP.



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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.windows.ms
From: gettys@regent.enet.dec.com (Bob Gettys)
Subject: Re: HELP: Is printer with 512K for real ?
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 03:15:06 GMT


In article <BtrH0L.4Fq@acsu.buffalo.edu>, zyen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ze-Yang Yen) writes...
> 
>I am buying a low-end laser printer for my personal use.
>The only package that I will be using is WORD for WINDOW 2.0,
>plus a lot of equations from EQUATION EDITOR and, occationally,
>a figure from Mathematica 2.0.  The printers that fit my budget
>are PANASONIC 4410, OKIDATA 400, and EPSON ACTION II, all around
>$650.  They all come with 512K RAM standard.  The local dealer 
>assured me 512K is enough.  Can anyone confirm this ?  Am I
>being deceived ?  Do I actually need 2Mb ?   Any help will be
>MOST appreciated !!
> 
>Kelson


	Answer - maybe, probably not. 

	
	Criteria - if you will only use the built in fonts (in the printer)
then yes. If you only want to print graphics at 150x150, then yes. If you need
graphics at 300x300, (and your criteria seems to say you do) then NO it is NOT
- repeat - NOT enough.

	From the ones you listed - the Epson says it will take STANDARD SIMMS.
If this is true (I have no way to prove this right now) it will be your
cheapest answer. For more info read the stuff in the September PC Sources
magazine. They did an extensive review of the low cost lasers!


	/s/	Bob Gettys
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Robert Cole)
Subject: EPSON software emulation for HP Laserjet
Summary: Emulate EPSON with software to print to laserjet
Keywords: epson laserjet
Organization: North Carolina State University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 00:12:45 GMT

I've been looking for a software package (hopefully shareware) which
will provide a software emulation of an Epson dot-matrix in order to
print to a laserjet.

I have something similar which does the reverse (HP Laserjet emualtion
to print to Epson dot-matrix) but find myself in need of a way to print
from a software package that only has dot-matrix drivers (believe it or
not, an upgrade to laserjet drivers would cost several thousand
dollars -- well, I didn't believe it).

If anyone has a lead on such a beast, please drop me a line.

Robert Cole
cole@lea.csc.ncsu.edu
From: cris@cl-next4.msu.edu (Cris J. Holdorph)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: PS on Apple LaserWriter IIg
Keywords: postscript laserwriter printing
Date: 2 Sep 92 21:52:45 GMT
Organization: Michigan State University


I have an Apple LaserWriter IIg connected through an RS-232 cable from
a NeXT slab.  I want to print a postscript program I have.  When I use
a command like:

lpr test.ps

I only get the actual text to the postsctipt file, not the image it's
suppose to create.

test.ps contains:
% start postscript job
100 600 moveto 300 -300 rlineto stroke
100 100 moveto 300 300 rlineto stroke showpage quit

and that's exactly what prints.

Anyone?  Is there an escape sequence to switch it to postscript mode?

---- Cris J H

============================================================
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= ACM Vice-Chairperson, Michigan State University          =
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
Subject: Re: Looking for a new printer <$300
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 19:05:13 GMT

In article <1992Aug27.011539.14077@brtph560.bnr.ca> hruska@bnr.ca (Bob Hruska) writes:
>   Epson Action Printer 3250

	If this is the cut-sheet-feed version, I'd suggest getting the
	Epson LQ570 (Alias Action Printer 5000) instead. The little
	Action Printer I saw seemed a bit flimsy.

>   Panasonic KX-P2123

	I don't know this one. An enhancement of the 1123? The 1123/1124i
	are good printers, if a little loud.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: paulw@netcom.com (Paul L. Williams)
Subject: HP DeskJet 500 -- Need font cartridge recommendations
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 10:46:39 GMT
Organization: Pen^2 -- Pen-Squared Computing
Reply-To: paulw@netcom.com

Note, please email responses to paulw@netcom.com, and I will post a summary.

I would like recommendations on 3rd party font cartidges that support the 
HP DeskJet 500 printer.  I have seen ads for products such as "25 in One!"
from Pacific Data Products and "DeskSet!" from Computer Peripherals Inc, 
but I do not have the experience to evaluate which is the better product,
or if there are other products which are superior.  By "superior" I am
referring to such things as the number of fonts available, the quality
of the fonts, product reliability, product support from the vendor, etc.
Though I sure don't mind saving money too, the aforementioned product
attributes or foremost in my decision.

I guess I should mention that I am presently using WordPerfect so I 
would need the appropriate driver.  Also, there is a good chance that
I will be purchasing FrameMaker in the future.

One final question, is there any (hardware) PostScript support for the 
HP DeskJet 500?

Thanks in advance,
Paul Williams
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From: jimmy@namao.ucs.ualberta.ca
Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Simple print routines for DOS
Date: 31 Aug 92 23:28:04 GMT
Organization: University of Alberta

Does anyone have routines that can draw lines/text on dot matrix printers ?
I have the lines as a series of points. Basically, I need to draw on paper
just the way I draw on screen (using graphics.lib).
Please email,
Jimmy

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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers,comp.windows.ms
From: malodah@pbhyf.PacBell.COM (Martin A. Lodahl)
Subject: Re: HELP: Is printer with 512K for real ?
Reply-To: malodah@PacBell.COM (Martin A. Lodahl)
Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 1992 15:54:35 GMT

In article <BtrH0L.4Fq@acsu.buffalo.edu> zyen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Ze-Yang Yen) writes:
>

>The only package that I will be using is WORD for WINDOW 2.0,
>plus a lot of equations from EQUATION EDITOR and, occationally,
>a figure from Mathematica 2.0.  [ ... ]
>  ...  They all come with 512K RAM standard.  The local dealer 
>assured me 512K is enough.  Can anyone confirm this ?  Am I
>being deceived ?  Do I actually need 2Mb ?   Any help will be
>MOST appreciated !!

I have a C.ITOH-4 laser printer with 512K, and run up against the 
limits all the time, using WfW.  I would imagine that the picture 
would get much worse using the equations.

I bought the printer because of its low price and because I'd used
a C.ITOH terminal for several years that I was quite pleased with.
In retrospect, there were a number of things I wish I'd considered,
and the cost of a memory upgrade was one of them.  The cost of
consumables is another.  If I had it to do over, I'd have spent the
extra money and bought an HP.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.periphs.printers
From: ian@uws.EDU.AU (Ian Walsh)
Subject: }iTrouble getting Laserprinter to work with lpd
Summary: Problem getting the correct printcap entry }ifor Laser printer
Keywords: lpd printer Laser
Organization: University of Western Sydney
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 07:31:51 GMT

I am trying to get a Apple Laserwriter to work from a Decstation 
5000 model 240 under Ultrix.

I can get a printout out by copying it to the serial port but when
there is more than one job in the printer queue flow control seems 
to go haywire.

Anybody has a printcap entry that works?

Thanks in advance.

Ian Walsh (I.Walsh@st.nepean.uws.edu.au)
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
From: brule@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Mark R. Brule)
Subject: Howtek Personal Color Scanner
Keywords: n
Organization: Coherent Research, Inc.
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 16:06:15 EDT


I have a Howtek PCS currently hooked up to a PC via Mathematica's Tempra Pro
software package.  I am reasonably fed up with the PC interface, due to 
a host of limitations that keep popping up.  Does anyone know of other
(better) software that is available, or preferably interface specifications
so that I could use my Sun workstation to get at it?  I haven't been able
to get through to Howtek Technical support to find out if it is even a
standard parallel-port connection or not.

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Please reply via e-mail to : mark@cri.com

Mark R. Brule
Coherent Research, Inc.
Syracuse, NY  13057
mark@cri.com
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago
Date: Wednesday, 2 Sep 1992 16:25:18 CDT
From: John Walsh <U33695@uicvm.uic.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.periphs
Subject: Projector screens


I'm looking for a monitor which can hook up to a PC and which can be put on
top of an overhead projector to put the screen's image on the wall. This will
be used to demonstrate statistics programs in a classroom.  I'm looking for
something cheap.  Monochrome is fine.
Suggestions?
John Walsh
U33695@UICVM
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.misc
From: anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash)
Subject: Re: BASICA programming bugs
Organization: Toonaholics Anonymous, DA-Holics Anonymous
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:27:47 GMT

In article <1992Aug28.092454.1412@news.Hawaii.Edu> I write:
>I have an IBM-compatible computer with a CGA screen.  Most DOS and BASIC
>programs are compatible with the computer (I think the DOS version is 2.0).
>

Oops, I meant to say DOS 3.2, not 2.0.  I don't know if that still helps,
however...


--
===== Dana Uehara [c/o <anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu> (Andrew Nash)] =====
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"Come on, I've already broken the *pain* barrier..."	-- Max & PJ

Newsgroups: comp.bugs.misc
From: anash@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Dana Uehara c/o Andrew Nash)
Subject: BASICA programming bugs
Organization: Toonaholics Anonymous, DA-Holics Anonymous
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 09:24:54 GMT

(If this article is not in the proper newsgroup, please forward it to the
proper newsgroup -- thanks!)

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to debug BASIC/BASICA programs
so the graphics commands don't lock up the computer?

I have an IBM-compatible computer with a CGA screen.  Most DOS and BASIC
programs are compatible with the computer (I think the DOS version is 2.0).

However, with a few computer programs written in BASIC the commands "GET"
and "PUT" seem to be the culprits in locking up the computer.  When deleted,
the programs appear to run normally.  But when kept, the commands either
produce strange graphics on the screen or completely lock up the computer
so I have to reboot the system to do any further work.

Is there a way to redo the statements (instead of using GET/PUT) so the
computer (hopefully) won't lock up?  A couple of other programs that use
similar statements have worked, but most haven't.

DEBUG.COM hasn't really been much help because I'm not familiar with machine/
assembly language (I'm more familiar with BASIC).  One of the commands I
encountered, however, when using DEBUG had a statement "LOCK".

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.  Please reply via email since I
hardly read this newsgroup.

Thanks in advance for any help!


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