Re: Canon Parallel Printer

[rder@pro-palmtree.cts.com (Richard Der)]

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?
 
I connected a Canon BJ-200, driven with this same driver. It works
great. An alternative to a parallel card can be a serial to parallel
converter, which does not occupy a slot. The parallel card should
work just as well.
 
The BJC-4100 should work fine with the same driver (the driver
seems to support color, but I can't test this feature on a
B&W printer, of course.)
 
Matthew Pearce (mpearce@crl.com) wrote:
> There is a chance that the software will not recognize a printer card
> in slot 6.  Any reason you don't want to put the card in slot 1?
 
This is not necessary. The parallel card driver supplied with
System 6.0.1 can be set to see the card in any slot except 3 (please
correct me if I am wrong about this). Most modern ProDOS 8 software
will also recognize the card in any slot.
 
dtb97@uno.cc.geneseo.edu wrote:
>Hello all.  I'm running an Apple IIgs ROM 01.  I saw a Canon Colour
>bubble jet printer for a really good price, but am wondering if the
>printer will work with the IIgs.
>
>The model number of the printer is BJC 210.
 
It should work with the Freeware Epson LQ driver and a parallel card
(or a serial to parallel converter connected to the printer port).
See comments on BJC-4100, which apply also to the BJC-210.
 
 
stevec1021@aol.com (SteveC1021) wrote:
>I have read that you can indeed use the Canon BJC 210 with a IIGS.
>It has an Epson compatibility mode, so you would use that and the
>Epson driver under GS/OS. You would also need to get a parallel card.
 
You will want the Freeware Epson LQ driver, not the Epson driver
that comes with System 6.0.1. The difference is significant because
the Apple driver is designed for 9-pin Epsons so output to Canon BJs
is terrible with it (blocky and saturated). The Epson LQ series are
24-pin printers with comparable resolution to the Canon BJs, so
the Freeware Epson LQ driver has much better output.
 
Sources for compatible printer driver:
        apple2.caltech.edu has epsonlq.shk
        ground.isca.uiowa.edu has canonbj.bsq


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