ww> Okay, I'm in the market to buy myself a bubble jet, pry a Canon BJ500 or * I've been hearing that I can use such a printer with Geos.
I use a Canon BJ200e.
ww> How do I do it? And how to I get the most of my new printer with Geos?
Canon BJ has 2 modes set by dip switch. Epson mode and IBM mode. I use it mostly in Epson mode. But I am using it mainly outside of GEOS at the moment. It does work with a GEOCABLE or with a standard printer interface such as Super Graphix by Xetec. Although I am not using it with Perfect Print from CMD in GEOS some folks are and say it works GREAT.
ww> * Outside of Geos, will I be able to use my new printer? What type of interface do I need to purchase and where do I get it?
Answered above. I use it mainly with a GEOCABLE type setup with THE WRITE STUFF 128 word processor and get laser quality printout. Or with the Xetec interface for Fun Graphics Machine in 64 mode to handle graphics. I have found an excellent workaround to totally eliminate jaggies. The BJ has push-button settings to print out at two-thirds size or half size. We are not talking condensed mode. This is in bit-mapped high-res graphic mode. I make the graphic or text on the hi-res screen twice as big as needed and this give me a lotta pixels to edit with. I zoom in and edit in pixel mode and then print out at half size. Great output. Actually, just in regular graphics printouts its excellent.
ww> * If I can interface it outside of Geos, can it be setup to be device #4, like my oodles and oodles of programs and utilities that expect to find a printer on the serial bus at device #4?
Very simple answer to this is YES.
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Dip Switches?
From : Bob Masse
Joe Kanowitz asks:
JK> Does anyone know what the switches do on a SuperGraphic Jr. printer interface? I dug one of them out of the
The following is the DIP switch setting for Super Graphics Jr. printer interface. The numbers pertain to the number of DIP switches from left to right, with the leftmost switch being number 1.
1.) Down = NLQ Off
Up = NLQ On
2.) Down = Line Feed Auto
Up = Line Feed None
3.) Down 4.) Down = 1525 Emulation Mode
3.) Up 4.) Down = Super Graphics Jr. Mode
3.) Down 4.) Up = ASCII Conversion Mode
3.) Up 4.) Up = Transparent Mode
5.) Down 6.) Down 7.) Down = Epson, Panasonic, Riteman
5.) Up 6.) Down 7.) Down = Gemini 10X, Delta, SG-10
5.) Down 6.) Up 7.) Down = Okidata
5.) Up 6.) Up 7.) Down = Prowriter, Siekosha, NEC-8023
5.) Down 6.) Down 7.) Up = GX-100, Banana, MSP-801
5.) Up 6.) Down 7.) Up = Legend, Blue Chip (M120/10)
5.) Down 6.) Up 7.) Up = 132 column Epson or Panasonic
5.) Up 6.) Up 7.) Up = Daisy Wheel (No Graphics)
8.) Down = Device #4
Up = Device #5
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NX1000C
From : Mark Alley
Here is an undocumanted feature of th Star NX-1000 printer. The following is done in the buffer of Desterm 2.0 with the control codes enabled[
CTRL-P CTRL-[ CTRL-P-CTRL-@ you should get a [@ in a color (dark blue?)
There are no CR's used in the above keypresses. Print the buffer with these two carachters in it, and you will get a print-out of the status of your printer's DIP switches. Oh yeah, the differences... The NX-100ll has a higher version ROM and is a bit quieter.
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SGGOLD INTERFACE
From : Ismael Cordeiro
Dick Kirk asks:
DK> Can anyone tell me what the actual voltage of the power supply of the Super Grafix Gold printer interface is supposed to be?
The operating voltage of the Supergraphix Gold is 5V and that's why it can be powered by the 5V found in pin 18 of some printers. However its power supply is a 9V one. How come? The interface needs regulated 5V which is hard to find in plug-in-the-wall power supplies. So Xetec took the approach of putting a 3-pin +5V voltage regulator (7805) inside the interface. Since the difference of the input and output voltages in those regualtors has to be at least 2.5V, anything above 7.5V DC (I wouldn't go above 12V for safety) can be used for powering the Gold.
