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James, The Amiga uses standardized codes (far greater capability than the Epson ESC/p set) and then uses drivers to convert the codes. That way, a programmer can write one program that will handle any possible printer, the programmer doesn't have to worry about HOW to tell the printer to do it's job, the programmer just tells the printer WHAT to do. Since the Amiga comes standard with dirvers (including Epson) that will fit about 90% of the printers (including some Laser printers) then all Amiga software can be said to be fully Epson compatible, fully <you name it> compatible….it's the way thing should be done. Example, I've got an AT&T at work and use WS2000+, it has a whole list of supported printers and drivers for them…fine (whoever wrote WS2000 also had to write all those drivers), now I switch to DisPlayWrite III and I've got to load a whole new set of drivers for it (and someone had to write all those drivers also–they are not compatible with the WS2000 drivers). Now, if I switch to a CAD program, I need another whole set of drivers and so forth.. you get the picture. On the MS-DOS machine, I need separate drivers for each program…on the Amiga I need 1 driver for ALL programs. Don