#Need help with printer
24-Sep-94 19:09:09
Sb: #Need help with printer
Fm: Karl F. Kugel 72467,2474
To: Wolf Faust 100116,1070
O.K., I'll try to be more specific. The word processor I'm using,
excellence! 3.0, allows selection of the internal printer font, or so it
says. The manual states that this is done by sending FON# codes to the
printer. However, selecting different font numbers have no effect
whatsoever, with the printer using the default font regardless of setting,
at least when using a laserjet 2P or 4P. Now, using Word Perfect, with
its own printer drivers, the fonts CAN be changed by changing the font
numbers just as they should be. The assumption I therefore make is that
the preferences Laserjet driver is not correctly transmitting the FON#
information. I'm trying to confirm that, and wondering if the printer
drivers in Studio would give better results. The alternative is that
excellence! is slightly broken, which I can't do anything about.
What really bothers me is that even the front panel settings (for the
default font) on the 4P seem to be overridden by whatever is being sent
from excellence!, so I can't get the silly thing to print anything but
courier.
-Karl