Re: Best Parallel Card suited for use with Bubble, Ink, DeskJet or Laser Printers?

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Robert James Liptak wrote:

>           I want to buy a BubbleJet, InkJet, DeskJest or Laser Printer for use
> with my ][GS. What  Parallel Interface Card is best suited to use with these
> type of printers? Can the serial port even with it running at 57600 baud and
> a accelerator print just as fast. I am interested in a Parallel like the
> Applied Engineering Parallel Pro Interface Card with Buffer Pro option since
> it has the RAM expansion for buffered printing. Is there another card like this
> and is it expandable to the same size like a AE interface card with Buffer Pro
> option? Has anyone got a Epson Stylus Inkjet Printer work with the Harmonie or
> Independence Drivers?
>
>                                                 Thanks,
>                                           Rob 'Songman' Liptak

I've an Epson Stylus Color 800 hooked up to a ProGrappler with a Harmonie driver.
Problem is there's no colour driver for this printer.
PrintShopGS uses it's own driver so it does some nice colour but that's about
it for colour printing.
Having both a parallel and a serial port lets me keep both Mac and IIgs hooked up
hooked up.

There were a few buffered cards like the Dumpling-64 and Practical Peripherals
MII+ but they had a 64k buffer I believe. Not as large as AEs 256k but still
more than most people have ever printed at once.
Another option is either a buffer card or an external buffer. Not much
demand so they should be fairly cheap.

     Wayne