wen_b@h-sc1.UUCP (alvin wen) (10/26/85)
HELP! I bought an OKIMATE 20, and eagerly ran the self test, which ran flawlessly. But how do I get it to connect? The included IBM Parallel package included a Centronics to DB-25 male cable; I disconnected pin 23 (+5 volts--bad!) and slapped on a female-female gender changer, but every time I try to print anything to prt: I get a "check printer" requester. David at the Commodore-Amiga help number suggested I wire pin 16 on the cable to pin 25 on the Amiga, but pins 14-18 are nonexistant on the OKIDATA cable. Thanks muchly, Alvin Wen Y.A.A.D.
aic@pucc-i (Craig Norborg aka Doc Pierce) (12/01/85)
I was just wondering if anyone out there has had any luck in hooking up a printer that was not listed in the "preferences" menu. To be more specific, I am trying to find out how to hook up an ImageWriter for output. Is there any existing printer drivers for it? Does it need any special cables? Any help would be greatly appreciated... -- Craig Norborg (aka Doc Pierce) Uucp: { decvax, icalqa, ihnp4, inuxc, sequent, uiucdcs }!pur-ee!pucc-i!aic { decwrl, hplabs, icase, psuvax1, siemens, ucbvax }!purdue!pucc-i!aic USnail: 910 N. 9th street Lafayette IN 47904
aic@pucc-i (Craig Norborg aka Doc Pierce) (01/04/86)
A few people have been asking about printers on the Amiga and what they thought of them. I for one would have to say that the Star SG-10 is probably one of your best buys. At the store in which I bought my Amiga they are recommending it for a very decent NLQ printer and it is only $290 ready to go. I don't know all of its features, but it works fine in graphics dumps and one major feature is its NLQ mode in which it shifts the print head slightly and fills in the spaces between the dots... I think it has 240 dots/inch and it also has its own small internal buffer and the ability to use one of its many built in fonts or to download your own into it... When you configure your driver to epson, it works just great! They also have the Okimate 20 (for $214, isn't $240 high?) and it looks great for graphics with its color, but the plain black print has a bit to be desired. For one, the cartridges are expensive and they run out fairly quick and you have to use very high grade smooth paper. Overall I was unimpressed. BTW, if your wondering, the store mentioned is Burkat Computer Center in South Bend, IN. -- Craig Norborg (aka Doc Pierce) Uucp: { decvax, icalqa, ihnp4, inuxc, sequent, uiucdcs }!pur-ee!pucc-i!aic { decwrl, hplabs, icase, psuvax1, siemens, ucbvax }!purdue!pucc-i!aic USnail: 910 N. 9th street Lafayette IN 47904
mykes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Schwartz) (01/05/86)
I own a Star Micronix Radix-15 printer, which I paid $600 for well over a year ago. I do not like Epson products (my opinion) because I don't like the way the paper feed mechanisms work, so I looked hard for a reasonable replacement. The Radix-15 prints both Draft quality and Near Letter Quality quite nicely. It has a 16K buffer (enough for about 8 pages), so your computer has to wait less for the printer to be ready. It also prints 200 CPS in Draft Mode, but seems to have a much faster through-put due to fast form feeds, etc. It takes narrow and wide paper, and has a large amount of escape sequence controls (above and beyond the EPSON set) to do things like super and sub scripts, boldface, underline, pica or elite, reverse form feeds, a couple of fonts, and more. I have had not a single complaint about my Radix-15, and have had no mechanical problems despite using it for several thousand pages of listings, etc. I think it hasa sexy package, too, and is state of the art in cheap personal computer printers. mike schwartz