thanatos@pro-graphics.cts.com (Steve Godun) (05/03/90)
Since I've had a couple of e-mail messages asking about the LaserMax 1000
laser printer I have (the 1000dpi plain paper laser printer), and several of
them wanted "updates", here's what's happened so far...
Upon using the printer, I noticed a few problems. Namely, (1)it didn't print
Type 3 (non-Adobe) fonts, (2)it wouldn't print a bitmapped image AND an EPS
image on the same page, and (3)since it doesn't use the AppleTalk port, it
won't work with many laser printer programs. I got version 1.1 of their driver
software with the printer and this was what I was using.
UPDATE: After calling LaserMax and talking with a tech (who didn't help me
much; he kept insisting that my Type 3 fonts *would* print, but they weren't),
I left my number and asked for someone knowledgable to call me back. A few
days later, "Jim", another tech, called me up and asked me what the problems
were. I explained them to him and he noted them and said he'd send me an
update to their driver software which "should fix those problems."
On May 1, 1990 I received a package via UPS from LaserMax. It contained
version "1.1.1" of their software. True to his word, the new software printed
all of my Type 1 fonts *and* all of my Type 3 fonts (although Type 3 fonts
take almost twice as long to print). However, the bitmap/EPS problem and the
AppleTalk problem are still unsolved. These are minor problems, really, since
I don't do much bitmap printing in my business and I don't need an awful lot
of laser printer utilites. (It would be nice, however, to have a version of
Adobe's Font/PostScript Downloader that works with this printer.)
I wrote a letter yesterday (5/2) and it will be mailed today to LaserMax. It
tells them what their software needs (the printer is great, but the software
that supports it leaves a lot to be desired - it looks like nothing more than
a software hack & patch of Apple's LaserWriter software) and a few other
things.
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Well, that's the update so far. Any questions? E-mail 'em!
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