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╥EVIEW OF THE
╪ETEC ╟RAPHICS ╨RINTER ╔NTERFACE
╥EVIEWED BY: ╚ASTINGS 85257
╫E HAVE TWO ├-64'S AND TWO PRINTERS.
╧NE PRINTER IS THE ╧KIDATA 82┴ AND
THE OTHER PRINTER IS THE ╧KIDATA 182.
╫E HAD BEEN USING A ├ARDCO +╟ WITH
THE 82┴, BUT THOUGHT THAT IT MADE THE
PRINTER WORK TOO HARD WHEN PRINTING
GRAPHICS OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN
STANDARD PRINT.
╫E DECIDED TO TRY ANOTHER INTERFACE
TO TRY TO MAKE THE PRINTER QUIETER AND
WORK LESS DURING GRAPHIC CHARACTER
PRINTINGS. ╫E ALSO WANTED SOME SORT OF
BUFFER IN THE INTERFACE. ╘HE 2K BUFFER
IS A LITTLE TOO SMALL, BUT DOES HELP.
╫E HAVE FOUND THAT THE ╪ETEC MAKES
BOTH PRINTERS RUN QUITE A LOT FASTER
WITH THE GRAPHICS AND STOPS THE 82┴
FROM WORKING SO HARD. ╔T MAKES ONLY
TWO PASSES WHERE THE ├ARDCO +╟ TAKES
ABOUT SIX PASSES.
╘HE ONLY BAD THING THAT ╔ HAVE FOUND
WITH THE ╪ETEC INTERFACE IS THAT IF
YOU DO NOT TURN ON THE PRINTER BEFORE
YOU LOAD A PROGRAM, THE PRINTER WILL
NOT COME ON UNTIL YOU TURN OFF THE
COMPUTER AND START OVER AGAIN WITH THE
PRINTER ON.
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