kronos@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Max Levine) (11/22/90)
Say folks, I just picked up a Panasonic KXP-1124 24 pin printer and while the
print quality is swell, it doesn't seem to want to print the nifty and
elaborate graphics characters that programs like Wordperfect allow you to use.
Does anyone know if this printer can be made to print such characters? Do I
have to shift into IBM Proprinter mode any time I want such characters? Thanks
much.
---Max
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INET: kronos@pnet51.orb.mn.orgjcburt@ipsun.larc.nasa.gov (John Burton) (11/27/90)
In article <3500@orbit.cts.com> kronos@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Max Levine) writes: >Say folks, I just picked up a Panasonic KXP-1124 24 pin printer and while the >print quality is swell, it doesn't seem to want to print the nifty and >elaborate graphics characters that programs like Wordperfect allow you to use. >Does anyone know if this printer can be made to print such characters? Do I >have to shift into IBM Proprinter mode any time I want such characters? Thanks >much. > ---Max Yes, the KXP-1124 can be made to print those characters...I have such a setup (WordPerfect 5.1 & KXP-1124 printer) and have had no problem printing any of the graphic characters. I suggest you check the following if you are having problems: 1) WP 5.1 printer setup - do you have the proper printer selected (there *is* a selection for the KXP-1124, which is basically the same as an Epson LQ-2500 (i think, could be LQ-2550 - I forget the numbers right now) 2) Print quality - you have hi/medium/lo choices for both text and graphics, I use hi for text and medium or hi for graphics. 3) Print mode - draft or final. I think you have to use final mode for it to print the graphics properly. (I haven't tried printing graphics in draft mode, so I couldn't say for sure) 4) KXP-1124 emulation mode, you have several choices: Epson LQ-2500 or IBM Proprinter. With the Epson mode, you have 2 (3?) character sets. I use Epson mode (which is the default) and the default character set. Basically I just took the KXP-1124 out of the box, plugged it in, put paper in it and it worked just fine with WP graphics... If I can be of more help, e-mail me John Burton (jcburt@cs.wm.edu)