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- From: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger)
- Subject: Re: NEC Pinwriter P20 driver?
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- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 02:06:49 GMT
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- Timothy F. Sipples (sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu) wrote:
- : In article <1992Dec10.151904.17559@unix.brighton.ac.uk> je@unix.brighton.ac.uk (John English) writes:
- : >Is there a driver for a NEC Pinwriter P20 anywhere? I'm having to
- : >pretend it's an Epson, which sort of works, but I get weird font
- : >changes sometimes -- oh well, it's not really an Epson, so am I
- : >surprised?
- :
- : You should try a variety of Epson drivers. Your manual should state
- : which Epson printer it emulates -- try that model's driver first. If
- : that doesn't work, try one of the "generic" 9-pin or 24-pin Epson
- : drivers.
- :
-
- I asked about NEC drivers a while back also, and got the same response "use
- an epson driver" Yes, I know my P5300 can emulate an epson, but it does not
- work as well as using a true NEC driver under Windows.
-
- I just wish I could get native OS/2 support for an NEC printer.
-
- Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com
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