Re: Epson LQ1070 printer

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:53 PM 6/30/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a client who has an Epson LQ1070 printer hooked to a parallel port on
>a Decision Data 486-A terminal.  The printer defn on the terminal is set up
>to do 5256 emulation.  We turned on autocfg and let the system config the
>printer and then went in and changed the mfg type and model to *EQLQ1070
>with print transformation turned on.
>
>The printer prints OK, however, the font is switched to a courier font in a
>NLQ (near letter quality ) mode and is quite slow.  We would like this
>printer to print in draft mode.  once the spool file is completed printing,
>the printer goes back to draft mode.
>
>I have tried to turn off host print transformation, that prints in draft,
>however, after a few pages the printer locks up and never completes printing
>the spool file.  We have also tried the above senario with 4214 emulation,
>but the result were the same.
>
>Anyone have any ideas?
>TIA,
>Carl

I think you might need to make a special *WSCST (workstation customization)
object. Some of the others on the list have examples, maybe Pete Hall? You
first need to RTVWSCST for the *EQLQ1070, then look for the strings that
set the fonts, and then change those to draft. Then CRTWSCST and specify
that object on the WSCST parameter of the device description.

Could you maybe just set the FONT parameter of the device description?

BTW, Host Print Transform can be quite slow, by its very nature.

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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