Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site proper.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!qantel!proper!mikevp From: mikevp@proper.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: New printers for c64 Message-ID: <105@proper.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 19:32:42 EST Article-I.D.: proper.105 Posted: Sun Mar 10 19:32:42 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 12-Mar-85 21:20:20 EST Reply-To: mikevp@proper.UUCP (mikevp) Distribution: net Organization: Proper UNIX, San Leandro, CA Lines: 15 > I also bought the Cardco +G interface. Is everyone else who bought > one of these happy with it? I bought one of these, and I am very UNhappy with it. I am using it with an Epson MX80, so my experience may not be applicable to the Gemini. Printing any kind of graphics takes *f*o*r*e*v*e*r* (that includes the Comodore special characters, anything that is not standard ASCII) because it does continuous forward-backward shuttling of the print head back and forth. This beats the print mechanism to death, and takes about 45-50 seconds for every single line of print. Also, for all potential Epson/Cardco users out there, you absolutely MUST have Graftrax+ to run this: The original Graftrax will not work for anything but straight ASCII text, though the Cardco people will swear up and down that you don't need Graftrax+. Personally, if I knew now what I knew then, I would look for something else.