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From: a46@mindlink.UUCP (Robin Ritchey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Printer Driver for Raven PR-2417
Message-ID: <535@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 89 05:33:15 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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        I am having problems locating a good printer driver for the Raven
PR-2417.  This printer is made by Roland Digital Group.  It is a 24 pin
printer.

        I have tryed the EpsonQ driver that comes with WorkBench V1.3.
This works fine with text, but with graphics it is a DOG.  It takes about
twice as long to print, compared to my old 9 pin, and has the same output
quality.  I believe the reason for this is and quote "In this mode the
printer cannot print two consecutive dots in a row.  It is recommended that
you use this density for black-and-white, shade dumps." This is refering to
the highest resolution that can be obtained with this driver, 360 x 180.

        I have phoned Roland here in Vancouver and they said they do not
have any printer drivers for the Amiga.  I phoned CBM in Toronto and they
took in all I had to say and said they will look into it and will get back
to me.  This was about 2 weeks ago.

        I am now apealing to anyone on the net that has a 24 pin Epson
LQ2500 printer driver.  Could you please email me the driver?

        The printer driver that comes with WordPerfect works great, but it is
just for that program and I can not do anything about that. I would like to do
graphic dumps that are better than my old 9 pin printer!

Robin Ritchey - a46@mindlink.UUCP