nujohnso@ndsuvax.UUCP (C. E. Johnson) (01/08/88)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do any of you Color Computer owners have a DMP-110 printer? If so, do you find that the print is rather fuzzy? How can I fix this? I have tried many things, like a new ribbon, squirting alcohol into the pins, but not much improvement results. It seems that after about 20 or so pages it's back to being fuzzy. Any suggestions? Hmm, apon looking at this article, I realize this has little to do with the 6809 processor, but hey if we can't have a COCO newsgroup, I guess this is the best place for articles of this nature. ceej
gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) (01/13/88)
In article <613@ndsuvax.UUCP>, nujohnso@ndsuvax.UUCP (C. E. Johnson) writes: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Do any of you Color Computer owners have a DMP-110 printer? If so, do you > find that the print is rather fuzzy? How can I fix this? > > I have tried many things, like a new ribbon, squirting alcohol into the pins, > but not much improvement results. It seems that after about 20 or so pages > it's back to being fuzzy. Well, yes I do have a COCO with a DMP-110, that, incidentally, I am fooling with a lot currently, trying to get it to work with my 3B1 tools. I have found that the print tends to get fuzzy because 1) with all its good points, the DMP-110 doesn't have the best print in the world, BUT 2) it gets much better if the head is adjusted (small lever on the left side of the carriage mechanism -- looks like a "# copies" adjustment) and 3) you make sure you have good quality paper. This last thing REALLY makes a difference. For instance, if the paper tends to be rough, cheap (irregular surfaces tend to make the ink bleed just a bit, making it REALLY fuzzy, even for very small differences in paper quality), or wrinkled (the "flutter" or bouncing against the platen as the pins strike the paper also tends to spread out the ink and "flap" or "flutter" the ribbon against surrounding paper), you'll see the blurriness. Another help is to make sure the paper is feeding straight and the rollers holding the paper down are not positioned at the extreme edges of the paper -- move them toward the center a bit. G. Mark Stewart ixlpq!gms ATT-BTL, Naperville (312)979-0914
EWTILENI@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Eric Tilenius) (01/14/88)
>Do any of you Color Computer owners have a DMP-110 printer? If so, do you >find that the print is rather fuzzy? How can I fix this? As far as I have seen, this is the nature of the DMP printer. There is little you can do about it. My personal preference is the STAR line of printers - they work really well, are inexpensive, available through several dealers which advertise in THE RAINBOW, offer impressive features, and have the company stand in back of them. >Hmm, apon looking at this article, I realize this has little to do with the >6809 processor, but hey if we can't have a COCO newsgroup, I guess this is >the best place for articles of this nature. Nah... the COCO mailing list is the best place! :-) Anyone else interested in the mailing list - send me EMAIL! - ERIC - * Another proud CoCo 3 user * ______________ | | BITNET:ewtileni@pucc | ARPA:ewtileni@pucc.Princeton.EDU | ColorVenture | CompuServe: 70346,16 | MCI Mail and/or Delphi: TILENIUS |______________| PHONE :609-734-0092 | UUCP:{rutgers,cbosgd,cmcl2}!psuvax1!pucc.BITNET!ewtileni