ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) (10/03/89)
Here's the summary. I hope nobody posted to the net; I didn't see any related messages in my packet. From: convex!langston@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu (Kevin Langston) Message-Id: <8909261216.AA24947@eugene> Try the word processor that comes with Microsoft Windows. It has font sizing capability. I believe that Windows will let you get set up for the Epson LQ-xxx or the IBM Proprinter XL24, but I don't know right off hand which will give better results with Windows Write. I also have an 1124 and have been pretty tickled with it. Of course it's no Imagen, but it is only $300! Let me know if you have any luck with Write. It would probably be worth the cost of Windos just to get that one application. -- | From | These opinions can be yours. Send a self addressed, whatever to | the | Kevin Langston @ Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, Texas | virtual | UUCP: {uiucdcs,attctc,sun,uunet,harvard,killer}!convex!langston | desk of | OR: langston@convex.COM | disclaimer: {$#{${#{{ NO CARRIER ------ I don't know anyone with Windows to try that trick. I've heard bad things about Microsoft Write, though... (slow, tries too hard to be WYSIWYG but isn't, etc.)... From: asj@j.cc.purdue.edu (Kevin Pruner) Message-Id: <8909270419.AA26704@j.cc.purdue.edu> Michael, I too have had the same problem with fonts on the KX-P1124. I am using MS Word 5.0 and the thing wouldn't change fonts or point size. After looking through the manual several times, I started playing around on my own. Results, you have to set the font and pitch to program (PGM) on the control panel. The manual just says that PGM mode is only used for the default font and pitch you set in the initial set-up mode. They neglect to tell us that it is also used if you want your programs to contol the font and pitch. I hope this helps. Kevin -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Kevin E. Pruner | General Consultant | | asj@sage.cc.purdue.edu | Purdue University Computing Center | | xasj@PURCCVM.BITNET | Cary Quad W134 Ph: 49-52431 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- It does, to an extent: with that in PGM, I can choose from the five built-in fonts. But I'm still stuck with the 9 pt. (and variants: see below), and the fonts they want me to have. I guess I've just been spoiled by the Mac, alas... From: <@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca@uunet.uu.net>, <<@hoss.unl.edu,@maccs:cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca>> Welcome to the world of text-based programs, pal. In text mode, the only printers which support variable-size fonts are PostScript printers. Other lasers, daisy wheels, dot matrices, whatever, only have certain sizes and fonts available. On dot matrix printers, you generally get to choose from 5,6,10,12,15,17 and 20 cpi (some printers don't do all of these) horizontally, and from 1,2, and sometimes 4 x the standard size vertically. That's it. If you want to do anything else, I'm afraid you're stuck with buying (or otherwise coming to have) some sort of program that you feed your text with some kind of formatting codes embedded in it (or, in the case of PostScript, formatting codes with some kind of text embedded in them) and which spits out a graphics-mode image to your printer. -- Stephen M. Dunn cs4g6ag@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca ********************************************************************** <std_disclaimer.h> = "\nI'm only an undergraduate!!!\n"; "VM is like an orgasm: the less you have to fake, the better." - S.C. ----- So there aren't ANY programs that can just put the printer into graphics mode like the Mac does? <sigh> That's what I was afraid of. From: Gerald Hawkins <jerry@ctnews.Convergent.COM> The printer does in fact have other sizes, but like most dot matrix printers, only a few. There is a subscript size (2/3 height) and double high, also. WP does not know how to use them. WP does have a hot line to Orem Utah; if you are a registered user you can call and they will tell you how to do what you want. They've even sent some usenet users custom versions for various printers. The primary alternative is to use a graphics mode or download your own fonts in a presumably smaller size. I think (I've never seen it) that ALLWAYS or some similar program which does sideways printing offers font services, too. " I don't want to imply I'm underpaid, but ... Last time I took my paycheck to the bank to be cashed, the teller asked me, 'How would you like that, sir, Heads, or Tails?' " Jerry ( jerry@starfish.Convergent.COM ) ----- I'll ask my friend to call WordPerfect and see if they do have drivers for the thing now. If they do, I'll probably shell out the dough for it. (BUT, I'm waiting for 5.1. Supposed to be lots nicer, and the same price!) --- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska Internet: ho@fergvax.unl.edu USnail: 115 Nebraska Union BITnet: cosx001@UNLCDC3 Lincoln, NE 68588-0461
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (10/05/89)
A side question... I use pin-feed paper of different widths in my
Fujitsu printer. Does the 1124 has a tractor/pin feed that can be
adjusted for the width of the paper?
Thanks.
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