Drivers
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Rich, I'm not sure if the graphics commands are the same for the LQ-1500 as
the LQ-800 but I believe that they are. The driver I uploaded sends an ESC L
to the printer whenever it prints graphics. On the LQ-800 an ESC L selects
double-density 8-pin graphics. At this time I do not know how to triple the
graphic data supplied by packages such as Deluxe Paint to take advantage of
24-pin grap but I am working on it. Also, the driver I uploaded still has a
problem with vertical spacing that I am trying to correct (circles print out
as ovals) — however, it is a big improvement over using the Epson driver in
Preferences. Another improvement the driver has can be seen when using
Textcraft. If you use the Epson driver in Preferences with Textcraft and the
LQ-800, only 55 lines of text will print out on an 8.5 x 11 inch page (even
if you select 66 lines). With the driver I uploaded, 66 lines will print out
— however, you must first upgrade your Textcraft disk to a 1.1 Workbench by
making a copy of Workbench 1.1, deleting unnecessary programs such as Demos,
Clock, Icon Editor, Calculator, Notepad, etc., and then copying the Textcraft
program to this disk. Try downloading the LQ-800 driver that I uploaded,
copying it to the devs/printers directory on your Workbench disk, Deluxe
Paint disk, etc., selecting Custom for printer in the Preferences menu,
replacing "generic" with "Epson LQ-800", and then choose Save from the first
page of Preferences. Make sure that you use a BACKUP COPY of the disk that
you want to put the driver on so that the original doesn't get corrupted.
— Fred 75365,1460 —