ddb@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Darren Brierton) (09/06/90)
For sale: IBM Quickwriter 5204 24-pin dot-matrix printer (rrp 1290 pounds) with IBM adjustable single bin sheetfeed (rrp 264 pounds). - eight embedded fonts in both code page 437 and 850 - emphasise, doublestrike, superscript, double-high, double-wide and condensed printing - two print modes: draft and letter quality - graphics printing (charts and pictures) using all points addressable (APA) printing technology - up to 335mm writing line length - parallel and serial interfaces - quiet print mode Emulates as Proprinter 24 with most applications. Options also available: - pluggable fonts - downloadable fonts - 32K print buffer module The printer works well with most popular application software except Microsoft windows, where the spooler (v2.xx) or print manager (v3) appears to confuse it resulting in occasional pages of complete gibberish. Emulating it as a IBM graphics printer cures this but results in total loss of letter quality printing. Offers welcome.