Re: Canon Parallel Printer

[treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter)]

In article <h203410@pro-palmtree.cts.com>, rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com
(Richard Der) wrote:

>  
> mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt Portune)
> >I just picked up a Canon BJC-4100 color bubble jet printer, and
> >have a question about using it with the GS.  The manual says it
> >can emulate an Epson LQ printer, so if I smacked a parallel printer
> >interface in slot 6 (changing it to "Your Card") installed the
> >Freeware Epson LQ driver, could it theoretically work?  How much
> >are parallel cards these days?
>  
> A while ago, I connected a Canon BJ-200, driven with this same driver.
> It worked great. The print quality, though was not up to par with what
> the printer could deliver when driven on a PC.
>  
> Recently, I got the Harmonie printer drivers from Vitesse. The
> difference is like night and day: not only does the Epson LQ driver
> from Harmonie print better than the Freeware one (and faster),
> the print actually looks darker and sharper than with the standard
> Windows 3.1 BJ-200 driver! It resembles laser print.
>  
> All I can say is, Harmonie is worth it for those looking for the
> highest quality print (360x360dpi - yep, it really says this in the
> "print" dialog box).
Can it do graphics?  Also, how is quality in ProDos 8 programs?

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