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- Path: sparky!uunet!acd4!IEDV4!greene
- From: greene@IEDV4.acd.com ( Jonathan Greene )
- Subject: Re: Epson Action Laser II - anyone used it for printing TrueType ?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.174522.16492@acd4.acd.com>
- Sender: news@acd4.acd.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Applied Computing Devices, Inc., Terre Haute IN
- References: <1992Dec8.194843.16888@pony.Ingres.COM> <GREG.REINACKER.92Dec15161103@gershwin.FtCollins.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:45:22 GMT
- Lines: 50
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- In article <GREG.REINACKER.92Dec15161103@gershwin.FtCollins.NCR.COM> Greg.Reinacker@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM writes:
- >>>>>> 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.
- >
- I too have one and am very happy with it. The HP Laserjet IIp windows
- drivers work like a charm.
-
- >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.
- >
- TrueType works flawlessly, and so does Postscript. Epson DOES send
- a printer driver for Postscript along with the Epson Postscript Card.
- I love being able to size my work (MSWord 2.0, Excel 4.0) by percentages
- and fit everything on a page. The Postscript card prints a little slower
- but it is completely compatible (at least I've never had a problem with it).
-
- >All in all, I recommend the printer highly -- especially for the price!
- >
- I agree. It is one of the best purchaces I have made for my computer.
-
- If you're interested, I got mine at USAFlex. $699 + s/h for the basic
- printer. More for the postscript card and extra RAM. The salseman has
- been very helpful. He even advised me to look in my area for toner refill
- instead of buying it from him. He was right, I found it for a better price!
-
- -Jon Greene
-