[net.micro.amiga] Epson LQ800 Printer Query

poggio%sri-med@sri-tsca (04/11/86)

From: Andy Poggio <poggio@sri-tsc.ARPA>


Has anyone hooked up one of the Epson LQ series printers (especially
the LQ800, but also the LQ1000 and LQ1500) to the Amiga?  Any problems
with using the parallel port or printing text or graphics (other than
lack of color)?  Are there any Amiga programs that will take advantage
of the LQ series proportional font?  And, of course, any general
comments on the LQ800 are welcome.

--Andy

rjbj@hou2a.UUCP (R.BROWN) (04/11/86)

I dont't have an Amiga but I just bought an LQ-800
for my C-128 and I am highly impressed with the print
quality.  It is LETTER QUALITY - not near letter quality -
and that's at 60 char/sec.  It obeys all Epson FX-80
commands when you use it with a wordprocessor.  However,
it will not work 100% correctly with graphics programs
like Print Shop until the software manufacturer writes
a printer driver for the LQ series.  The printer output
vertical line spacing is off by about 9/8.
I am very happy with my purchase and I talked to Broderbund
and they expect to support the printer on the next update
of Print Shop.  I believe the LQ series will be very popular and
will be supported by a lot of software programs in the future.
Bob Brown
AT&T Bell Labs
Holmdel, N.J.