Re: More GS printer information

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a2mg@aol.comNomail (A2MG) wrote:

>On the Epson Stylus, I am not sure if that would go. The serial port on
current
>Macs is different from our older serial ports (high-speed? - or something to
>that effect). This is just what I "sort of" hear and I really don't know the
>facts. Perhaps someone else could clarify this. I scanned 5 years of Apple II
>Mail Group messages and I found no mention of the Epson Stylus in use with
>AppleWorks. This is possibly because the HP's are so big; we also have
>BubbleJets in use. I wish I had the money to test them all.

I believe the trick is a port speed of 56k, default for Mac printers.  This
is why the IIGS can print to DeskWriters (not just DeskJets) from
AppleWorks Classic.  You just need a CDA that provides the 56k port
speed option.

It also means that the Stylus and DeskWriter are effectively IIGS
only printers as far as the serial port goes (with a parallel card using
the Stylus' parallel port, it'll work on any IIGS) for AppleWorks.