dans@crpmks.UUCP (Dan Simoes ) (01/09/91)
I am running WFW on a Gateway 386-25 (non-cache) with an 80mb IDE (17ms)
drive, and printing on a Panasonic KXP1124 printer.
To print a 10 page paper using Helvetica 13 points, double spaced takes about
40 minutes!!
I have heard that WFW prints slowly, but this is ridiculous! There is a lot
of hard drive access going on, right until the last page. Draft mode (in WFW)
takes exactly the same time, and produces the same visible results (to my
eyes). How can I speed this up, and can I print out quick rough copies
somehow?
Help!
Dan Simoes dans@crpmks.UUCP (914) 785-2250
Manhattanville College '92
Disclaimer: my opinions are my own, natch.
Quote: "Take me out tonight
Because I want to hear music and I want to see light..."
(The Smiths)jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu (Generic User) (01/10/91)
In article <1407@crpmks.UUCP> dans@crpmks.UUCP (Dan Simoes ) writes: >I am running WFW on a Gateway 386-25 (non-cache) with an 80mb IDE (17ms) >drive, and printing on a Panasonic KXP1124 printer. >To print a 10 page paper using Helvetica 13 points, double spaced takes about >40 minutes!! If you are using Helvetica 13 with a KX-P1124, you are obviously using ATM. ATM prints in graphics mode, because the printer only supports one size soft font (and Windows doesn't support them, anyway). Graphics mode on a dot matrix printer is inherently slow. It's not WFW's fault. >There is a lot >of hard drive access going on, right until the last page. Yes, because a graphics dump is very large. >Draft mode (in WFW) >takes exactly the same time, and produces the same visible results (to my >eyes). That's because Draft mode (in WFW) only affects how you see the document on screen. It has nothing whatsoever to do with printing. >How can I speed this up, and can I print out quick rough copies >somehow? You can speed it up by buying a faster printer. You can print out quick rough copies by using one of the printer's internal fonts and setting the printer to draft mode with the EZ-set control panel (for some reason, the Epson driver doesn't support draft mode). -- Jason Merrill jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu
hls@rwthbs.uucp (H.L. Stahl) (01/10/91)
In article <1407@crpmks.UUCP> dans@crpmks.UUCP (Dan Simoes (Info Systems)) writes: > I have heard that WFW prints slowly, but this is ridiculous! > ... How can I speed this up, and can I print out quick rough copies > somehow? You can do two things: push the "options" button in the "print" dialog box, an select "draft mode" (?, sorry, but in my german version it is called "Konzept"), and use only those fonts which your printer has built in (other fonts seem to be printed in some graphic mode, bit map, ...). | _ : Hans-Ludwig Stahl, Lehrstuhl fuer Betriebssysteme, RWTH Aachen |_|_`__ : Kopernikusstr. 16, D-5100 Aachen, ..49-(0)241-804374 | |__) : Domain: hls@informatik.rwth-aachen.de |__) : uucp: ...!{seismo,mcvax,uunet}!unido!rwthinf!hls
tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi (01/10/91)
In article <1407@crpmks.UUCP>, dans@crpmks.UUCP (Dan Simoes ) writes: > I am running WFW on a Gateway 386-25 (non-cache) with an 80mb IDE (17ms) > drive, and printing on a Panasonic KXP1124 printer. > To print a 10 page paper using Helvetica 13 points, double spaced takes about > 40 minutes!! > I have heard that WFW prints slowly, but this is ridiculous! There is a lot > of hard drive access going on, right until the last page. Draft mode (in WFW) > takes exactly the same time, and produces the same visible results (to my > eyes). How can I speed this up, and can I print out quick rough copies > somehow? > Help! > > > Dan Simoes dans@crpmks.UUCP (914) 785-2250 > Manhattanville College '92 > Disclaimer: my opinions are my own, natch. > Quote: "Take me out tonight > Because I want to hear music and I want to see light..." > (The Smiths) Well, you could try using only the built-in fonts in your Pa- nasonic printer. I think WfW is printing the Helvetica font as graphics (bitmaps) and that takes a long time. Teemu -- _________ Teemu Mottonen | | internet: tmottonen@cc.helsinki.Fi University of Helsinki | | bitnet: TMOTTONEN@FINUH Dept.of Computer Science |_________| decnet: HYLK::TMOTTONEN