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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 at 12:28:33, Jérôme Grimbert wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Only option so far is to be picky when buying the printer, checking that there is at least a parallel port (and one that does not need ECP/EPP, but plain good old parallel port, mono-directional... and no fancy mandatory cartridge management...) I just like my LX-800 and BJC-600... I think my Brother laser printers (HL-1250 and the newer HL-1430) might handle plain text, and they have parallel ports (as well as USB). The manual says it has an Epson FX-850 mode. It says it needs setting using a DOS utility. This suggests plain chr commands, so it may well be possible to emulate this. Interestingly, there is also an optional serial interface. The 1430 is particularly good value from www.novatech.co.uk at £118 or so including VAT. I bought the 1430 as I needed a new drum and toner for the old 1250. It was cheaper to buy a new printer! I thought this sort of economics only applied to inkjets. The 1250 is still perfectly good for text printing with the old consumables. In particular, I expect the drum is good for another 10,000 copies. It is only showing tiny blemishes on continuous graphics (and the drum warning LED is on). I don't have them connected direct to DOS (or QL) so can't be 100% sure that the windows driver is not converting. Does anyone have one set up outside windows to test? If not I will try with a QL. -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
[ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] Re: [ql-users] RE: [ql-users] £ 1000 to spend!
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP The 1430 is particularly good value from www.novatech.co.uk at £118 or so including VAT. It is 117.30 at Novatech and at www.hamiltone.co.uk it is 113.50 Really, Tony, you not always sling money at these big organisations. I don't have them connected direct to DOS (or QL) so can't be 100% sure that the windows driver is not converting. Does anyone have one set up outside windows to test? Do you mean in the garden? If not I will try with a QL. On a more serious note the Kyocera FS-1010 has a similar emulation (although it is a little more expensive) but when you print it does have a few oddities. I would be interested to find out if Brother handles the emulation any better. If past experience is anything to go by then it should because Steve Hall used a Brother printer with his QL for years. There is also the Epson EPL-6200 (BW laser) which is also a bit expensive but has ESC/P2. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex. Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Duncan Neithercut wrote: By the way have been trying to get QCoCo to work on the Q40 and it fails with the message : LINE 980 SP_GET value out of range If I continue I get the program but the left hand part of the screen and some of the components of the menus are missing. If I give it a theme to start with it is better but the display is still not right. Any ideas? I dont think its your Q40. It runs on mine also on my Q60. SMSQ/E 3.03 Could there be a clash of keywords? Right, one must make sure that the wmanprocs_cde (or however I have named it, I don't 100% remember) is not loaded. Commands are integrated into SMSQ/E and had a slight change of syntax. Arrrg of course! I had the same problem when testing the program under QPC2 but I did not think I had ever loaded those extensions on the Q40. I looked in the boot and there they were. Banged my head against the wall a couple of times!!! Sorry. It works fine now. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex. Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk
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Banged my head against the wall a couple of times!!! Well done :-)) Wolfgang
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On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 at 20:00:03, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP The 1430 is particularly good value from www.novatech.co.uk at £118 or so including VAT. It is 117.30 at Novatech and at www.hamiltone.co.uk it is 113.50 Really, Tony, you not always sling money at these big organisations. Whoops sorry - I should have checked with you first. I not do this again (to reply in similar pidgeon E (8-)# ) Are you as cheap with carriage... They are _both_ though quite remarkable prices. It is really a _very_ good and reliable printer and handles _everything_ I throw at it with absolutely no problems. It is far more trouble free than the expensive HP Laserjet printers I have owned. It also takes std simms up to 36mb. Knuckles duly rapped (8-)# -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://www.firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG
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In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes On Wed, 10 Mar 2004 at 20:00:03, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP The 1430 is particularly good value from www.novatech.co.uk at £118 or so including VAT. It is 117.30 at Novatech and at www.hamiltone.co.uk it is 113.50 Really, Tony, you not always sling money at these big organisations. Whoops sorry - I should have checked with you first. I not do this again (to reply in similar pidgeon E (8-)# ) Are you as cheap with carriage... Yes. All our deliveries are next day if the article is in stock and we are about 40p cheaper! By the way, for those who are puzzled, this is just where I work during the daytime. It is not Q Branch or 'my' business. The thing is that the guy I work for is obsessed with being the cheapest. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex. Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk
