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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

3633.0. "la50 driver?" by GVA05::BERGMANS () Fri Mar 30 1990 02:42

    Is there a driver for LA50 (including graphics) available.
    
    Where can I get it.
    
    Reagrds

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3633.1	Try Steven Sloane	AYOV28::ATHOMSON	C'mon, git aff! /The Kelty Clippie	`Fri Mar 30 1990 06:04`	5
	If you're in Geneva (as the nodename would indicate) then see if you can find Steven Sloane who has a copy of the LA50 printer driver and the required 1.2 printer.device/serial.device. Alan T.
3633.2	No graphics for 1.3	NAVIER::MELLITZ		`Fri Mar 30 1990 07:45`	5
	As far as I can tell... If your running 1.3, there is no LA50 driver available that will print graphics. ...Rich
3633.3	Get a real printer ...;^)	CGOFS::CADAMS	Clint Adams - Calgary, Canada	`Fri Mar 30 1990 11:42`	27
	Have a look at CGOU01::AMIGA:[tools] la50.arc and myla50.arc (might be an enhanced version). These will work with the 1.2 printer stuff. If you are using version 1.3 of workbench etc. you will need to get a copy of printer.device from a version 1.2 workbench disk if you want any of the graphics to work. I have used this setup until recently. The LA50 will print graphics, but it is real slow with the 1.2 printer.device and the output isn't all that great. I finnaly broke down a couple of weeks ago and bought a used Panasonic KX-P1080c and dumped the LA50. The difference is like night and day. Unless you are really strapped, I recommend getting a real printer and trashing the LA50. Regards... Clint P.S. - When I am printing from Wordperfect and switch the KX-P1080 into NLQ mode from the panel, the printer makes four passes building one line. I thought it might be doing a bold or something all the time but watching it closely, it seems to step the platen down a bit after each pass in order make the text and the text is only complete after all four passes. This makes a very nice NLQ font for a nine pin. What I am wondering is why only when printing from Wordperfect, any other time I use NLQ (prefs, etc.) it only makes two passes.