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#Epson EX800 colour print

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#73370From: Christian SouthgateOct 13, 1992 11:56 AM
Does anyone know the best way to drive an Epson EX800 colour printer, or have a good driver for it? I am using workbench 1.3. I'm new to Compuserve – I hope this goes to the right place! Cheers!
#73382From: Michael GerardOct 13, 1992 4:18 PM
Christian: Welcome to the AmigaForums! You found the right place to post your question. I'm not familiar with the EX800 printer, but maybe someone elsewho knows which driver to use will jump in and answer.
#73415From: David ArtOct 13, 1992 10:19 PM
Christian, I'm not familiar with the particular printer, but, chances are that it'll work with the EpsonX driver if it's a 9-pin printer (or the EpsonQ driver if it's a 24-pin printer.) There are several driver files in the Printer Drivers library with the keyword Epson. You might also want to read the descriptions for those, and see if any one of those might meet your needs. (You printer's manual might list another printer that the EX800 emulates.) Hope this helps, 8) David
#73457From: Jim Nangano/SYSOPOct 14, 1992 10:22 AM
Christian, I used to use an EX800 with my Amiga. The driver that I used was the standard EpsonX driver supplied by Commodore. Note that I did not use the colo(u)r option of the printer very much, because I was never impressed with the quality of the images. Hope this helps…. – BobR
#73563From: New Horizons SoftwareOct 15, 1992 10:39 AM
Christian, The EpsonX[CBM_MPS1250] driver on the 1.3 workbench will support your printer all the way up to the 240 X 216 resolution. In order to access the color graphics capabilities of the printer set the Color option in the graphics 1 section of Preferences. You should note that using higher densities with color will tend to cause the yellow section of the ribbon to load up with the other colors as it is a multi pass operation. Hope this helps Randy Brooks New Horizons Software, Inc.