mrp@polari.UUCP (Mad Rabbit Productions) (05/08/91)
> JMH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes: > I recently sold my SX computer to my daughter, who wants to use it > with her old printer. It as an 11 year old Star Gemini 10 pinter. > She would like to use it with Windows3. There is no such driver > in the setup routines. Anyone got one? You might try a low-end Epson driver; as I remember it, the Star printers share many of the same codes. ----------------------------------------------------------- Christopher Rimple | mrp@seattle.online.com Owner, Mad Rabbit Productions | "On bad sector can ruin (206) 783-2584 (voice) | your whole day." -----------------------------------------------------------
bill@oracle.SCG.HAC.COM (Bill Neisius) (05/14/91)
In article <3995@polari.UUCP> mrp@polari.UUCP (Mad Rabbit Productions) writes: >> JMH@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU writes: >> I recently sold my SX computer to my daughter, who wants to use it >> with her old printer. It as an 11 year old Star Gemini 10 pinter. >> She would like to use it with Windows3. There is no such driver >> in the setup routines. Anyone got one? > >You might try a low-end Epson driver; as I remember it, the Star printers >share many of the same codes. > The Star printer shares many of the Epson codes, unfortunately they don't have the same vertical resolution ( 1/216 for Epson versus 1/144 for Star); the Epson drivers haven't worked for me. If anyone can come up with a driver I'd be interested too... Bill Neisius bill@solaria.hac.com
tanida@forseti.css.gov (Tom Tanida) (05/15/91)
In article <14852@hacgate.UUCP>, bill@oracle (Bill Neisius) writes: > The Star printer shares many of the Epson codes, unfortunately they don't >have the same vertical resolution ( 1/216 for Epson versus 1/144 for Star); >the Epson drivers haven't worked for me. If anyone can come up with a driver >I'd be interested too... I have a Star SG-10 ('tho I'm hoping for a new Panasonic KXP-1124i soon :-) ), and I don't have any problem with MS Windows. I use the driver for the Epson FX-80. One thing- the printer MUST be in IBM mode, or you get excess vertical space when you print WFW/Windows Write documents (anything that uses the bit-mapped modes). -Tom
bill@oracle.SCG.HAC.COM (Bill Neisius) (05/22/91)
In article <715@esosun.UUCP> tanida@forseti.css.gov (Tom Tanida) writes: >In article <14852@hacgate.UUCP>, bill@oracle (Bill Neisius) writes: >> The Star printer shares many of the Epson codes, unfortunately they don't >>have the same vertical resolution ( 1/216 for Epson versus 1/144 for Star); >>the Epson drivers haven't worked for me. If anyone can come up with a driver >>I'd be interested too... > >I have a Star SG-10 ('tho I'm hoping for a new Panasonic KXP-1124i >soon :-) ), and I don't have any problem with MS Windows. I thought that the difference in linefeed increment explained the problems I experience with the Gemini. For example with the Generic IBM/Epson driver loaded in CSHOW, printing yields: .1 inch image, .05 inch white space alternating down the page. (.15/.1 = 216/144) >I use the >driver for the Epson FX-80. OK, I tried that: Epson 9pin driver, FX-80 printer. The results were worse than I remembered: formfeeds, beeps, misc. garbage, and occasionally a small amount of recognizable print - with white bars alternating down the page. There's something basically wrong here... >One thing- the printer MUST be in IBM >mode, or you get excess vertical space when you print ...there. That must be it. I never even knew that the printer had an IBM mode. The only reference in the manual under IBM specifies setting the dip switches for no auto linefeed, 8-bit interface. Nope, that's the factory setting, and the current setting on the printer. How much is that Panasonic anyway? Bill Neisius bill@solaria.hac.com
dave@kharma (05/23/91)
bill@oracle.SCG.HAC.COM (Bill Neisius) writes: > ...there. That must be it. I never even knew that > the printer had an IBM mode. The only reference in > the manual under IBM specifies setting the dip switches > for no auto linefeed, 8-bit interface. Nope, that's > the factory setting, and the current setting on the printer. That is it, but perhaps only part. The codes still are different from Epson if you have an early version of the Star Firmware ROM. A partial solution, for applications other than Windows, is to use the Star NX-1000 driver, which I understand was released into public domain by one of their engineers. I have a copy of it, if that will help. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - isc-br!tau-ceti!dogear!kharma!dave [dave@kharma] Dave Laird, SysOp: kharma The Computer Concern, Springdale, WA 258-7109 or 1-800-786-7109 kharma: 509-233-8474 (Local from Spokane Area) 24hrs 1200-14400 (HST)