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L/+TRYTHE
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File contents
TRY THESE TWO, RAYMOND
I NOTE from EUG #53 that Raymond Morgan wishes to print with his Elk, so
I thought I'd send along my experiences.
Some time ago I bought a STAR LC100 colour printer. This is a 9 pin
dot matrix printer and I paid around `100 for it. I believe this printer
is still available and they are now cheaper. I haven't used it with my
Elk for a while but recall it pretty much printed, text anyway, straight
from the box; once put into EPSON-compatible mode.
Just about any EPSON dot matrix printer driver will enable it to
print graphics in Black and White. I can't remember which I used now,
but all the control characters, switch settings, etc are listed compre-
hensively in the back of the manual that came with it, and so anyone
with such knowledge on what to do with these should also be able to 'do
colour'. I've never got to that stage myself though.
More recently, I bought an EPSON Stylus Colour 600 inkjet printer.
This prints text with no problems whatsoever. I think I may have had to
set *FX 6,0 to stop it all printing on the same line though.
Regarding graphics, both printers printed good quality black and
white graphics from the built-in Printer Dump within the STOP PRESS 64
package. The only difference being the EPSON requires a slight alter-
ation to line 140.
I don't actually use my Elk a great deal these days. I do most things
'8 bit' by emulation on my ACORN RISC PC or A3010. I have a version of
VIEW which runs in the Desktop (Not by emulation!) and this requires a
BBC Type Printer Driver to make it print, as it prints from within the
application, not via RISC OS. I have successfully printed to the EPSON,
using a driver called EULQ100, which I found somewhere. I'm not entirely
sure what it's supposed to be for, but it works, so long as FX6,0 is
set. (I have a boot file for VIEW, which sets this every time VIEW is
run.)
The EPSON 600 is no longer made. I can't say whether these methods
would work with more recent EPSON inkjets, perhaps somebody else can or
perhaps find someone who's got one and borrow it to try.
Anyway hopefully this may have been of some use. If I can help fur-
ther, just let me know.
John Crane
34 St Andrews Walk, Harrogate, NORTH YORKSHIRE HG2 7RL
EUG #53
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Some time a| 000000b0 67 6f 20 49 20 62 6f 75 67 68 74 20 61 20 53 54 |go I bought a ST| 000000c0 41 52 20 4c 43 31 30 30 20 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 |AR LC100 colour | 000000d0 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 |printer. This is| 000000e0 20 61 20 39 20 70 69 6e 0d 64 6f 74 20 6d 61 74 | a 9 pin.dot mat| 000000f0 72 69 78 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 61 6e 64 20 |rix printer and | 00000100 49 20 70 61 69 64 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 60 31 |I paid around `1| 00000110 30 30 20 66 6f 72 20 69 74 2e 20 49 20 62 65 6c |00 for it. I bel| 00000120 69 65 76 65 20 74 68 69 73 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 |ieve this printe| 00000130 72 0d 69 73 20 73 74 69 6c 6c 20 61 76 61 69 6c |r.is still avail| 00000140 61 62 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 79 20 61 72 |able and they ar| 00000150 65 20 6e 6f 77 20 63 68 65 61 70 65 72 2e 20 49 |e now cheaper. I| 00000160 20 68 61 76 65 6e 27 74 20 75 73 65 64 20 69 74 | haven't used it| 00000170 20 77 69 74 68 20 6d 79 20 0d 45 6c 6b 20 66 6f | with my .Elk fo| 00000180 72 20 61 20 77 68 69 6c 65 20 62 75 74 20 72 65 |r a while but re| 00000190 63 61 6c 6c 20 69 74 20 70 72 65 74 74 79 20 6d |call it pretty m| 000001a0 75 63 68 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 64 2c 20 74 65 78 |uch printed, tex| 000001b0 74 20 61 6e 79 77 61 79 2c 20 73 74 72 61 69 67 |t anyway, straig| 000001c0 68 74 0d 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 62 6f 78 3b |ht.from the box;| 000001d0 20 6f 6e 63 65 20 70 75 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 45 | once put into E| 000001e0 50 53 4f 4e 2d 63 6f 6d 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 20 |PSON-compatible | 000001f0 6d 6f 64 65 2e 0d 20 20 20 4a 75 73 74 20 61 62 |mode.. Just ab| 00000200 6f 75 74 20 61 6e 79 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 64 6f |out any EPSON do| 00000210 74 20 6d 61 74 72 69 78 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |t matrix printer| 00000220 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 65 6e 61 | driver will ena| 00000230 62 6c 65 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 0d 70 72 69 6e 74 |ble it to .print| 00000240 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 69 6e 20 42 6c 61 | graphics in Bla| 00000250 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 57 68 69 74 65 2e 20 49 20 |ck and White. I | 00000260 63 61 6e 27 74 20 72 65 6d 65 6d 62 65 72 20 77 |can't remember w| 00000270 68 69 63 68 20 49 20 75 73 65 64 20 6e 6f 77 2c |hich I used now,| 00000280 0d 62 75 74 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6e |.but all the con| 00000290 74 72 6f 6c 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 2c |trol characters,| 000002a0 20 73 77 69 74 63 68 20 73 65 74 74 69 6e 67 73 | switch settings| 000002b0 2c 20 65 74 63 20 61 72 65 20 6c 69 73 74 65 64 |, etc are listed| 000002c0 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 2d 0d 68 65 6e 73 69 76 65 | compre-.hensive| 000002d0 6c 79 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 62 61 63 6b 20 6f |ly in the back o| 000002e0 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 20 74 68 61 |f the manual tha| 000002f0 74 20 63 61 6d 65 20 77 69 74 68 20 69 74 2c 20 |t came with it, | 00000300 61 6e 64 20 73 6f 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 0d 77 69 |and so anyone.wi| 00000310 74 68 20 73 75 63 68 20 6b 6e 6f 77 6c 65 64 67 |th such knowledg| 00000320 65 20 6f 6e 20 77 68 61 74 20 74 6f 20 64 6f 20 |e on what to do | 00000330 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 73 68 6f 75 6c |with these shoul| 00000340 64 20 61 6c 73 6f 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 |d also be able t| 00000350 6f 20 27 64 6f 0d 63 6f 6c 6f 75 72 27 2e 20 49 |o 'do.colour'. I| 00000360 27 76 65 20 6e 65 76 65 72 20 67 6f 74 20 74 6f |'ve never got to| 00000370 20 74 68 61 74 20 73 74 61 67 65 20 6d 79 73 65 | that stage myse| 00000380 6c 66 20 74 68 6f 75 67 68 2e 0d 20 20 20 4d 6f |lf though.. Mo| 00000390 72 65 20 72 65 63 65 6e 74 6c 79 2c 20 49 20 62 |re recently, I b| 000003a0 6f 75 67 68 74 20 61 6e 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 53 |ought an EPSON S| 000003b0 74 79 6c 75 73 20 43 6f 6c 6f 75 72 20 36 30 30 |tylus Colour 600| 000003c0 20 69 6e 6b 6a 65 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 2e | inkjet printer.| 000003d0 20 0d 54 68 69 73 20 70 72 69 6e 74 73 20 74 65 | .This prints te| 000003e0 78 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 6e 6f 20 70 72 6f 62 6c |xt with no probl| 000003f0 65 6d 73 20 77 68 61 74 73 6f 65 76 65 72 2e 20 |ems whatsoever. | 00000400 49 20 74 68 69 6e 6b 20 49 20 6d 61 79 20 68 61 |I think I may ha| 00000410 76 65 20 68 61 64 20 74 6f 0d 73 65 74 20 2a 46 |ve had to.set *F| 00000420 58 20 36 2c 30 20 74 6f 20 73 74 6f 70 20 69 74 |X 6,0 to stop it| 00000430 20 61 6c 6c 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e | all printing on| 00000440 20 74 68 65 20 73 61 6d 65 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 74 | the same line t| 00000450 68 6f 75 67 68 2e 0d 20 20 20 52 65 67 61 72 64 |hough.. Regard| 00000460 69 6e 67 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 2c 20 62 6f |ing graphics, bo| 00000470 74 68 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 20 70 72 69 6e |th printers prin| 00000480 74 65 64 20 67 6f 6f 64 20 71 75 61 6c 69 74 79 |ted good quality| 00000490 20 62 6c 61 63 6b 20 61 6e 64 20 0d 77 68 69 74 | black and .whit| 000004a0 65 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 |e graphics from | 000004b0 74 68 65 20 62 75 69 6c 74 2d 69 6e 20 50 72 69 |the built-in Pri| 000004c0 6e 74 65 72 20 44 75 6d 70 20 77 69 74 68 69 6e |nter Dump within| 000004d0 20 74 68 65 20 53 54 4f 50 20 50 52 45 53 53 20 | the STOP PRESS | 000004e0 36 34 0d 70 61 63 6b 61 67 65 2e 20 54 68 65 20 |64.package. The | 000004f0 6f 6e 6c 79 20 64 69 66 66 65 72 65 6e 63 65 20 |only difference | 00000500 62 65 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 |being the EPSON | 00000510 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 73 20 61 20 73 6c 69 67 68 |requires a sligh| 00000520 74 20 61 6c 74 65 72 2d 0d 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 74 |t alter-.ation t| 00000530 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 31 34 30 2e 0d 20 20 20 49 |o line 140.. I| 00000540 20 64 6f 6e 27 74 20 61 63 74 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 | don't actually | 00000550 75 73 65 20 6d 79 20 45 6c 6b 20 61 20 67 72 65 |use my Elk a gre| 00000560 61 74 20 64 65 61 6c 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 64 61 |at deal these da| 00000570 79 73 2e 20 49 20 64 6f 20 6d 6f 73 74 20 74 68 |ys. I do most th| 00000580 69 6e 67 73 0d 27 38 20 62 69 74 27 20 62 79 20 |ings.'8 bit' by | 00000590 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 6e 20 6d 79 20 |emulation on my | 000005a0 41 43 4f 52 4e 20 52 49 53 43 20 50 43 20 6f 72 |ACORN RISC PC or| 000005b0 20 41 33 30 31 30 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 | A3010. I have a| 000005c0 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 0d 56 49 45 57 | version of.VIEW| 000005d0 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 72 75 6e 73 20 69 6e 20 74 | which runs in t| 000005e0 68 65 20 44 65 73 6b 74 6f 70 20 28 4e 6f 74 20 |he Desktop (Not | 000005f0 62 79 20 65 6d 75 6c 61 74 69 6f 6e 21 29 20 61 |by emulation!) a| 00000600 6e 64 20 74 68 69 73 20 72 65 71 75 69 72 65 73 |nd this requires| 00000610 20 61 0d 42 42 43 20 54 79 70 65 20 50 72 69 6e | a.BBC Type Prin| 00000620 74 65 72 20 44 72 69 76 65 72 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 |ter Driver to ma| 00000630 6b 65 20 69 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 2c 20 61 73 20 |ke it print, as | 00000640 69 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 73 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 77 |it prints from w| 00000650 69 74 68 69 6e 20 74 68 65 0d 61 70 70 6c 69 63 |ithin the.applic| 00000660 61 74 69 6f 6e 2c 20 6e 6f 74 20 76 69 61 20 52 |ation, not via R| 00000670 49 53 43 20 4f 53 2e 20 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 73 |ISC OS. I have s| 00000680 75 63 63 65 73 73 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 70 72 69 6e |uccessfully prin| 00000690 74 65 64 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 45 50 53 4f 4e |ted to the EPSON| 000006a0 2c 0d 75 73 69 6e 67 20 61 20 64 72 69 76 65 72 |,.using a driver| 000006b0 20 63 61 6c 6c 65 64 20 45 55 4c 51 31 30 30 2c | called EULQ100,| 000006c0 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 49 20 66 6f 75 6e 64 20 73 | which I found s| 000006d0 6f 6d 65 77 68 65 72 65 2e 20 49 27 6d 20 6e 6f |omewhere. I'm no| 000006e0 74 20 65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 79 0d 73 75 72 65 20 |t entirely.sure | 000006f0 77 68 61 74 20 69 74 27 73 20 73 75 70 70 6f 73 |what it's suppos| 00000700 65 64 20 74 6f 20 62 65 20 66 6f 72 2c 20 62 75 |ed to be for, bu| 00000710 74 20 69 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 73 2c 20 73 6f 20 6c |t it works, so l| 00000720 6f 6e 67 20 61 73 20 46 58 36 2c 30 20 69 73 0d |ong as FX6,0 is.| 00000730 73 65 74 2e 20 28 49 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 62 |set. (I have a b| 00000740 6f 6f 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 56 49 45 |oot file for VIE| 00000750 57 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 73 65 74 73 20 74 68 |W, which sets th| 00000760 69 73 20 65 76 65 72 79 20 74 69 6d 65 20 56 49 |is every time VI| 00000770 45 57 20 69 73 0d 72 75 6e 2e 29 0d 20 20 20 54 |EW is.run.). T| 00000780 68 65 20 45 50 53 4f 4e 20 36 30 30 20 69 73 20 |he EPSON 600 is | 00000790 6e 6f 20 6c 6f 6e 67 65 72 20 6d 61 64 65 2e 20 |no longer made. | 000007a0 49 20 63 61 6e 27 74 20 73 61 79 20 77 68 65 74 |I can't say whet| 000007b0 68 65 72 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 6d 65 74 68 6f 64 |her these method| 000007c0 73 0d 77 6f 75 6c 64 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 |s.would work wit| 000007d0 68 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 72 65 63 65 6e 74 20 45 50 |h more recent EP| 000007e0 53 4f 4e 20 69 6e 6b 6a 65 74 73 2c 20 70 65 72 |SON inkjets, per| 000007f0 68 61 70 73 20 73 6f 6d 65 62 6f 64 79 20 65 6c |haps somebody el| 00000800 73 65 20 63 61 6e 20 6f 72 0d 70 65 72 68 61 70 |se can or.perhap| 00000810 73 20 66 69 6e 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 6f 6e 65 20 77 |s find someone w| 00000820 68 6f 27 73 20 67 6f 74 20 6f 6e 65 20 61 6e 64 |ho's got one and| 00000830 20 62 6f 72 72 6f 77 20 69 74 20 74 6f 20 74 72 | borrow it to tr| 00000840 79 2e 0d 20 20 20 41 6e 79 77 61 79 20 68 6f 70 |y.. Anyway hop| 00000850 65 66 75 6c 6c 79 20 74 68 69 73 20 6d 61 79 20 |efully this may | 00000860 68 61 76 65 20 62 65 65 6e 20 6f 66 20 73 6f 6d |have been of som| 00000870 65 20 75 73 65 2e 20 49 66 20 49 20 63 61 6e 20 |e use. If I can | 00000880 68 65 6c 70 20 66 75 72 2d 0d 74 68 65 72 2c 20 |help fur-.ther, | 00000890 6a 75 73 74 20 6c 65 74 20 6d 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 |just let me know| 000008a0 2e 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |.. | 000008b0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 000008e0 4a 6f 68 6e 20 43 72 61 6e 65 0d 20 20 20 20 20 |John Crane. | 000008f0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 33 34 20 | 34 | 00000900 53 74 20 41 6e 64 72 65 77 73 20 57 61 6c 6b 2c |St Andrews Walk,| 00000910 20 48 61 72 72 6f 67 61 74 65 2c 20 4e 4f 52 54 | Harrogate, NORT| 00000920 48 20 59 4f 52 4b 53 48 49 52 45 20 48 47 32 20 |H YORKSHIRE HG2 | 00000930 37 52 4c 0d 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |7RL. | 00000940 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | | * 00000970 20 20 20 20 20 45 55 47 20 23 35 33 0d | EUG #53.| 0000097d
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