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Subject: Re: Imagewriter compatible printers
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Date: Sat, 13-Oct-84 14:20:25 EDT
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From: Hess@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA
I have an Okidata version that is Imagewriter compatible.  It is
probably not the thing to get, at least not right now.  Why?  Well, the
fundamental horizontal resolution of the printhead is not the same as
the Imagewriter's.  It in- terprets the codes sent to it correctly as
near as I can tell (we only used with the Mac for a few minutes, screen
dumps, and a little write output), BUT an application that relies on the
horizontal dot resolution of the printer to do micro- spacing didn't
work.  It's the same reason that Okidata's Plug'N'Play option to emulate
the Epson didn't work -- they don't have the same smallest horizontal
motion, and the Oki ROMs are interpolating and patching up things later,
it thinks.

Brian