rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) (08/24/88)
Could anyone tell me if it is possible to print a Wordstar4 document on an
Apple LaserWriter ? The Diablo emulation mode didn't do an adequate job of
printing the document.
Thanks for help in advance!
-Rob Kedoin
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In article <158@mergvax>, rkxyv@mergvax (Rob Kedoin) writes: > > Could anyone tell me if it is possible to print a Wordstar4 document on an > Apple LaserWriter ? The Diablo emulation mode didn't do an adequate job of > printing the document. > > Thanks for help in advance! > > -Rob Kedoin > Several years ago I worked for a startup in Oregon (Control-C Software). While there I finished a driver that would allow you to print Wordstar documents on a variety of laserprinters (Qumes, Ricoh, Apple, HP, Canon). The driver used the native instruction set of the printers (rather than one of the brain-damaged emulation modes) and was capable of producing very nice documents (justification to 1/720 of an inch). I believe they are still in business (producing a PostScript clone) and that you can reach them at: (503) 292-8842. Their number has changed in the last couple of years, but I believe the recording will still tell you the new number. Best of luck, Stefan _______________________________________________________________ Stefan A. Fielding-Isaacs office: [408] 943-1902, x351 * Workstation at Large * UUCP: {sun, decwrl, mips}!pyramid!isieng!isieng:stefan ARPA: isieng.stefan%isieng.uucp@uunet.UU.NET "Disclaimers? We don't need no stinkin' disclaimers!!"
stever@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM (Imants Golts) (09/06/88)
I also could not get my NEC 890 postcript printer to print wordstar documents (3.31) using diablo emulation. But I was successful using the HP emulation of the NEC and the HP driver of WS 3.31. The only problem was the creep of lines to the following pages. However, having just received WS5, I read that I need to adjust page size to about 62 lines since laser printers apparently cannot handle 66 lines per page. Is this what was not adequate with your WS4 and the apple printer? --steve rogers
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg) (09/06/88)
In article <3483@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM> stever@tekgen.BV.TEK.COM (steve rogers) writes:
...However, having just received WS5, I read that I need to adjust page
...size to about 62 lines since laser printers apparently cannot handle
...66 lines per page. Is this what was not adequate with your WS4 and
...the apple printer?
...
...--steve rogers
This is not true with WS2000 release 3 and the AST Turbolaser/PS. I set
all single spaced pages to 66 lines per page without any problems.
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