Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-13 Thread Darren . Branagh
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with r.net their QL?? Sent

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-13 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? My solution regarding postscript would also very much solve the problem for Qxx. SGC is probably too slow or doesn't have enough memory to run Ghostscript

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-13 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 18:56:26 +0100, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? My solution regarding postscript would also very much solve the problem for Qxx. SGC

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Roy wood
All this talk of printers for the QL has been quite interesting and I would have joined in earlier except that Demon's mail server has been playing up and some of the messages have been severely delayed. If anyone wants a laser printer that will work with most QL programs they should look into

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Ups, the previous one went out by accident. That's what you get when you write 4 e-mails simultaneously. Roy wood wrote: Our problem is not one of connection but of sheer programming because all of our programs are designed to print directly with their own drivers and that is not how modern

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Phoebus R. Dokos (Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò) wrote: is the program available from your webpage? I can't seem to find it and I have lost that copy that you sent me a while ago... What, Ghostscript? No, I wasn't involved in that development. http://home.clara.net/deadletterdrop/qdos/ Marcel

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Geoff Wick wrote: PS: I am having a little trouble displaying the new QL colours on my green monitor (sob). Can anyone help? (burst

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:40:05 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: is the program available from your webpage? I can't seem to find it and I have lost that copy that you sent me a while ago... What, Ghostscript? No, I wasn't involved in that development.

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Phoebus R. Dokos (F??ß?? ?. ?t) wrote: No that PS filter you had at one time :-) On my site, downloads section. Shouldn't be hard to find. Marcel

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:53:09 +0100, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Geoff Wick wrote: PS: I am having a little trouble displaying the new QL colours

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread desin
My solution regarding postscript would also very much solve the problem for Qxx. SGC is probably too slow or doesn't have enough memory to run Ghostscript. Marcel I'm searching for the Exorcist a little Front end for GS there is Exorcist v. 1.2 on the Mega CD that was done by Graham D

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 19:39:53 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos (F ?. ?t) wrote: No that PS filter you had at one time :-) On my site, downloads section. Shouldn't be hard to find. Marcel Duh! Just saw it... I think my eyes went for a walk earlier :-D

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Tony Firshman
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 at 10:38:12, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) You could also try the Kyocera FS1010 which has an EPSON emulation built in but some of the characters are a bit odd. I am sure that a suitable translation could be done if some one wanted to do it. (One example is the

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 20:14:21 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 at 10:38:12, Roy wood wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) snip Indeed yes. I find it incredible that on some cheap colour inkjets, if you want to use the manufacturers products, it is often cheaper to

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-12 Thread Roy wood
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Roy you are not exactly right when you argue that laser printers need repairs very often. You tend to forget that most people take a laser printer for granted. In

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-11 Thread Robert Newson
gwicks wrote: - Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Phoebus R. Dokos (Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò) wrote: Besides that, in reality EVERY printer can work with the QL with the following workaround (that has

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Phoebus R. Dokos (Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò) wrote: Besides that, in reality EVERY printer can work with the QL with the following workaround (that has been

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Hi Phoebus, Thank for the detailed reply. That's one helluva lot of information to digest and I will need the time to do it. Geoff Wicks

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Geoff Wicks wrote: We have just buried our heads over the printer problem. Two years ago it was obvious that the parallel interface was on its way out, but people are only beginning to realise this now. What is the point of the Q60 if there will soon be no printers for it. Now people are

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 19:52:42 +0100, Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Geoff Wicks wrote: We have just buried our heads over the printer problem. Two years ago it was obvious that the parallel interface was on its way out, but people are only beginning to realise this now. What is the point

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Tarquin Mills
Phoebus Dokos wrote: Actually I believe the reason for non-involvment is that either they have solved the problem or that they use QL software under QPC2 so even in that case their problems are already solved in one way or another. Do not forget that discussion in this list includes mostly

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Tony Firshman
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 at 23:14:45, Tarquin Mills wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Inkjets are the real problem, dot matrix printers are still made (why?), they are 24 pin and not warnout. 1) easy carbon copies 2) Can sprocketed continuous paper I still use the dot matrix for printing labels

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 10 Oct 2003 23:14:45 +0100, Tarquin Mills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus Dokos wrote: snip The following paragraph may be wrong.The hardware is easy, just use a parallel to USB converter. Parallel is faster than USB 1.1 and below. The problem is writing the USB stack, other USB

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-10 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 11 Oct 2003 02:24:35 +0200, Marcel Kilgus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) wrote: I do not know how feasible that could be given the non-full implementation of the ISA bus on the Qx0 but it is a possibility. Of course three sets of drivers would be needed. One for the

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-09 Thread Peter Fox
Having both a HP1150 and an HP PSC750 both attached to QPC2 and working with Text87 and Prowess, what is all the fuss about? Admittedly, my printers use PCL3 and PCL6 respectively and not PJL but the process is very easy and no problem at all. I also have an Epson 740 attached on a USB cable

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-09 Thread Jerome Grimbert
Peter Fox makes some magical things to make me read } Having both a HP1150 and an HP PSC750 both attached to QPC2 and working } with Text87 and Prowess, what is all the fuss about? The fuss is about 'modern-printer', the ones in which the printing engine (smart part, including Fonts) is in

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-09 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Thu, 9 Oct 2003 10:14 +0100 (BST), Peter Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having both a HP1150 and an HP PSC750 both attached to QPC2 and working with Text87 and Prowess, what is all the fuss about? Admittedly, my printers use PCL3 and PCL6 respectively and not PJL but the process is very easy

RE: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-09 Thread Claude Mourier 00
(Lexmark Optra E312 for ex.) switch autom. betwen PCL or PostScript output when received (how, I don't know) Claude -Message d'origine- De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Envoy : jeudi 9 octobre 2003 15:16 : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Objet : Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-- Initial Header --- From : [EMAIL PROTECTED] To : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc : Date : Tue, 7 Oct 2003 08:40:51 +0100 Subject : Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Canon BJ-230 ..but don't work with Prowess.. :-(...boh? Giorgio

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 at 21:00:34, =?iso-8859-7?B?IlBob2VidXMgUi4gRG9rb3MgKNbv3+Lv8iDRLiDN9Pzq7/IpIg==?= wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:21:45 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 at 11:59:38, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Got the

Re: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Is there a rule of thumb that we should look for in leaflets or web pages to help decide that a printer works by control codes rather than pure GDI

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Regarding printer language the cheapest parallel-equipped printers (that call themselves winprinters) in reality are not GDI printers anymore

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 12:49:15 +0100, gwicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Regarding printer language the cheapest parallel-equipped printers (that call

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-08 Thread Marcel Kilgus
Phoebus R. Dokos (Öïßâïò Ñ. Íôüêïò) wrote: Besides that, in reality EVERY printer can work with the QL with the following workaround (that has been explained before by Marcel if I am not mistaken). Yes. But I have given up on the subject. IIRC the only comment to the the German article I

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 at 21:35:28, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) From: John Hitchcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/10/06 Mon PM 04:47:08 EDT To: QL-users e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? However, what printers are people

Re: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-07 Thread Dilwyn Jones
If anyone is prepared to try to to make a list of what people are successfully using with their systems (stick to modern printers, most older ones seem to be useable), I'd be quite happy to draw up a list or short article for Toady to publish to help users select a printer, and perhaps put it on

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-07 Thread Darren . Branagh
cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with [EMAIL PROTECTED] their QL

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-07 Thread Tony Firshman
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 at 11:59:38, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Got the Brother in 1966? Wow, he must be knackered :-)) Whoops - 1986 of course. -- 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

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-07 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 19:21:45 +0100, Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Oct 2003 at 11:59:38, wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Got the Brother in 1966? Wow, he must be knackered :-)) Whoops - 1986 of course. Hmmm in 1966 Brother AFAIK only made sewing machines (probably the

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-06 Thread John Hitchcock
However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL?? I stick with the 850 - but am I correct in believing that the Epson Stylus 900 (not the Photo 900) is also fully compatible?? Ha! I use - still - an EPSON LX80 9-pin dot matrix. I find it far

Re: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-06 Thread merlinch
From: John Hitchcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2003/10/06 Mon PM 04:47:08 EDT To: QL-users e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL?? I stick

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-05 Thread Dilwyn Jones
Dilwyn Jones wrote: You can have more than one par port too, never tried it but I wonder if they could be tied to different printers...print to PAR1, PAR2 etc? Of course. Otherwise, what would be the point of multiple ports? Marcel Well, I was thinking more in terms of how many programs

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-05 Thread Robert Newson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 03/10/03 18:06:52 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL?? I stick with the 850 - but am I correct in believing that the Epson Stylus 900 (not the Photo 900)

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Just a quick survey.A lot of people have expressed an interest in Epson 850 colour stylus printers for their QL.However, what printers are people

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 04/10/03 01:57:08 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Epson stylus colour 850. Beats the LX80 hands down, George. The speed is up and the decibels are down. Epson ink is more expensive than Dom Pérignon and doesnt taste as good, but generics are available at 1/4 of the

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Bill Waugh
- Original Message - From: Dave P [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2003 2:15 AM Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? On Sat, 4 Oct 2003, P Witte wrote: Epson stylus colour 850. Beats the LX80 hands down, George

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Geogwilt
In a message dated 04/10/03 01:57:08 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Epson stylus colour 850. Beats the LX80 hands down, George. The speed is upand the decibels are down. Epson ink is more expensive than Dom Pérignon anddoesnt taste as good, but generics are available at 1/4 of the

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Malcolm Cadman
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Just a quick survey. However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL?? Mine is a trustworthy HP deskjet. -- Malcolm Cadman

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 05:05:26 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 04/10/03 01:57:08 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Epson stylus colour 850. Beats the LX80 hands down, George. The speed is up and the decibels are down. Epson ink is more expensive than Dom Prignon and

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread john . rawden
I use HP printers on my three machines all Q40/60 HP Desk Jet, HP 640C HP 610C. Have also in the past used a Cannon BJ 310 All can print from a basic ASCII Centronics port John Rawden On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a quick survey. A lot of people have

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread gwicks
- Original Message - From: Phoebus R. Dokos ( . ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL You can assign PAR to a USB printer for example... ie. I use my LJ 1000 (which is a USB only printer) with QPC. It is worth reminding everyone

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-04 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 00:16:10 +0100, P Witte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Phoebus R. Dokos writes: lots of useful information snipped Its an important point you mention about the print heads. With HP you get a new print head with every new cartridge, with the Epson you only get the one you bought

[ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread RWAPSoftware
Just a quick survey. A lot of people have expressed an interest in Epson 850 colour stylus printers for their QL. However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL?? I stick with the 850 - but am I correct in believing that the Epson Stylus 900 (not the Photo 900) is also

RE: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread Claude Mourier 00
printers do people use with their QL?? Just a quick survey.A lot of people have expressed an interest in Epson 850 colour stylus printers for their QL.However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL??I stick with the 850 - but am I correct in believing that the Epson

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread RWAPSoftware
In a message dated 03/10/03 16:36:59 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is more and more difficult to print directly from native QL (with QPC there is less problem as Windows spooler is used) Claude Hmm - correct me if I am wrong - but as far as I know, the QL's output to the par

RE: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread Darren . Branagh
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ql-users] What printers do people use with g.uk their QL

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread thegilpins
: Friday, October 03, 2003 2:16 PM Subject: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL?? Just a quick survey.A lot of people have expressed an interest in Epson 850 colour stylus printers for their QL.However, what printers are people actually using nowadays with their QL??I

Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

2003-10-03 Thread Phoebus R. Dokos ( . )
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 12:17:46 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 03/10/03 16:36:59 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It is more and more difficult to print directly from native QL (with QPC there is less problem as Windows spooler is used) Claude Hmm - correct me if I am