jackin@utacs.UTA.FI (Markku M{enp{{) (10/12/89)
I use WordUp for wordprocessing and I like it a lot. I have a wonderfull matrix printer which can print at 360*360 dpi(NEC-emulation), emulate IBM ProPrinter, NEC P-series and Epson LQ-series. It is Citizen Swift 24. I must say that I am still impressed by the crispness of the output but it ain't no speed demon with 360*360 dpi. Waiting almost 20 minutes for a single page isn't very practical for drafts (not for ribbon either). As all WordUp users know draft graphic printing isn't reality (except for Deskjet). Well, I thougth, I have Epson LQ emulation so why not make different assign.sys files for NEC-emulation and Epson LQ-emulation. I just installed WordUp twice with different printers and now I have two different GDOS.SYS-files (one is GDOS.NEC the other one GDOS.LQ, you have to rename them yourself). With G+Plus accesory I made also two Assign.ins-files (WUP_NEC.INS and WUP_LQ.INS). Now when ever I start wordprocessing I use Epson LQ for drafts (if you want to call 180*180 dpi draft <-) and when I am happy with my work, I quit WordUp, change INS-file to WUP_NEC.INS with G+Plus and start WordUp again. Then I tell Swift to emulate NEC and start printing. Result : 360*360 dpi document. I also tried using Epson FX-emulation (under Epson LQ-emulation), but it doesn't work properly ( the hight of the text and graphics increases by factor 1.2 (about) ). But under IBM-emulation it works. Now I have also a 120*144 dpi draft. Like ST, Swift can emulate almost everything. So if you have a printer which can emulate a less-dpi printer (and have a GDOS-driver) give it a try. Think of it, I saved 112680 Dots Per Square Inch (from 129600 down to 16920). This should work for other GDOS-programs too. While I am here, is there a update for G+Plus after V1.3, Rel. March 19th, ( I am a registered user, I have tried CodeHead but got no response ) ?