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- From: Greg.Reinacker@FtCollins.NCR.COM
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.misc
- Subject: Re: Epson Action Laser II - anyone used it for printing TrueType ?
- Message-ID: <GREG.REINACKER.92Dec15161103@gershwin.FtCollins.NCR.COM>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 16:11:03 GMT
- References: <1992Dec8.194843.16888@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Sender: uucp@ncr-mpd.FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
- Reply-To: Greg.Reinacker@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM
- Organization: NCR Microelectronics, Ft. Collins, CO
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- In-reply-to: nitin@Ingres.COM's message of 8 Dec 92 19:48:43 GMT
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- >>>>> On 8 Dec 92 19:48:43 GMT, nitin@Ingres.COM (Nitin Borwankar) said:
-
- -> I'm considering buying the Epson Action Laser II printer for use as a printer
- -> for WinWord 2.0 and Windows printing in general.
- -> I have the following questions :-
-
- -> 1) Has anyone used it for Windows 3.1 printing using Epson's drivers ?
- -> How good are they for TrueType fonts in Windows ?
-
- -> 2) Is there a Postscript option ? Has anyone used it ? Is it really necessary
- -> if all I want to do is printing from Windows ?
-
- -> 3) How is the HP Emulation ?
-
- I have an Action Laser II, and I'm very happy with it. To answer your
- questions, as far as I know, Epson doesn't even have drivers for this
- printer. All over the manual they just say to use HP Laserjet IIp
- drivers.
-
- The TrueType quality is great...no complaints whatsoever. I have also
- had no problems at all with the HP emulation -- which is a good thing
- since you have to use HP drivers!
-
- I haven't used the postscript option, but I submit that for most Windows
- uses, with TrueType, there is little need for postscript. (I'm sure I'm
- about to get flamed for this...I can almost feel the heat now!) There
- would of course be exceptions to this -- some programs, for instance,
- are MUCH more efficient printing graphics with postscript...but on the
- other hand, many are not.
-
- All in all, I recommend the printer highly -- especially for the price!
-
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