When the final version of Workbench 1.3 is released, there will be some
improvements in the Epson 9 pin printer driver. Specifically, there will
be a psuedo-18 and psuedo-24 pin mode (done by making multiple passes of
the print head) that will let you take advantage of the smoothing option in
ProWrite (and presumably other programs as well). This will slow down the
printing by a factor of two or more (since it does multiple passes), but
should improve the quality. Of course, the quality won't be as good as a
true 18 or 24 pin printer, since they have finer sized dots and more
accurate positioning, but it is certainly worth the money!