Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!cmcl2!yale!husc6!husc2!wen From: wen@husc2.UUCP (wen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: S - L - O - W Printer Device Message-ID: <1128@husc2.UUCP> Date: Tue, 13-Jan-87 10:22:48 EST Article-I.D.: husc2.1128 Posted: Tue Jan 13 10:22:48 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Jan-87 21:51:40 EST References: <1321@cadovax.UUCP> Reply-To: wen@husc2.UUCP Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Ctr., Cambridge, MA Lines: 20 In article <1321@cadovax.UUCP> keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes: > >A couple of friends of mine have recently bought Epson LQ-800's for their >Amigas. We found a driver on Compuserve, and the source to one either there >or somewhere else. >Come to find out that a graphics print takes a good 35 minutes. I'm not familiar with the LQ-800, but it sounds like your printer driver has serious problems. 35 minutes is ridiculous. Even the Okimate 20 does it in under 5. >And why isn't anyone else complaining about these problems? They seem >to me to be much more significant than the speed of the icon files on >the workbench. Is everyone just using the Amiga for games and video? We haven't had this problem. Have you looked elsewhere for a printer driver? A. Wen wen@husc4.HARVARD.EDU wen@harvunxu.BITNET