rpa@rayssd.UUCP (01/16/87)
I recently got a canon color ink jet from BCE for $199 and am very impressed. The question I want to ask is does anybody know of an upgrade/rom change that allows either: a) revese micro linefeeds (I only need to be able to do -2 feeds) or b) ability to switch off micro-linefeeds when doing color dumps. The reason I ask is because I have written some software that allows the basic 7 + black color ability to be extended to 15 by printing a dump twice with a change in my mapping of pixels to colors and rewinding the paper to overprint the first image. I can do this cos I use a home brew 640 x 400 x 4bits graphics computer based on a 68000 using the NEC 7220 and can use the 4th bit a bit like an intensifier bit when I do the dump. If I could do either a or b I could do it all a whole lot better and even extend the color range to 22 (but by then the paper may be getting a bit saturated). Thanx in advance for any help. Robin P Alston MSc. aka The REAL Atilla. Snr Engr, Raytheon MET-4-1-911 Metropolitan Corp. Centre, 400 Nickeson Road, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752 Tel: (617) 460-8225