OTOH if you want to get DECENT print, I suggest ditching the dot matrix completely.  The only real reason to use a dot matrix nowadays is to print on forms or some other preprinted material.  A 300 dpi or 600dpi inkjet is dirt cheap, and you can get 600 dpi-class laser printers for <$500. Excuse me? Consider the running costs, and the quality appropriate to the job. I have an HP Deskjet 660C myself, but I wouldn't consider using that to print out draft copies, listings, etc. on - the costs of the consumables make such use uneconomic. For those purposes a cheap-to-run dot matrix is much more appropriate, saving the inkjet for work where a higher quality of printing is required. Alistair

fix pack: XR_WP16 can be found at: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v3.0warp/english-us/... There are 2 files in that directory: XR_WP16.1DK XR_WP16.2DK This fixes problems with epson dot matrix printers. It worked for my AP-3250 24 pin printer.

fix pack: XR_WP16 can be found at: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/os2/fixes/v3.0warp/english-us/... There are 2 files in that directory: XR_WP16.1DK XR_WP16.2DK This fixes problems with epson dot matrix printers. It worked for my AP-3250 24 pin printer. Just a note - there's already a later version of the OMNI printer driver. XR_PW16 (an unfortunate name, easily confused with the regular FixPaks) has level 30.460, but 30.461 is now out.  One easy place to get it is from ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/corrective_service  

In < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Viet-Tam Luu) writes: OTOH if you want to get DECENT print, I suggest ditching the dot matrix completely.  The only real reason to use a dot matrix nowadays is to print Excuse me? Consider the running costs, and the quality appropriate to the job. I have an HP Deskjet 660C myself, but I wouldn't consider using that to print out draft copies, listings, etc. on - the costs of the consumables make such use uneconomic. For those purposes a cheap-to-run dot matrix is much more appropriate, saving the inkjet for work where a higher quality of printing is required. With all due respect, that's an even more silly solution.  You are proposing using *two* printers with all consequent maintenance costs.  I know inkjets are fairly pricey on a cost-per-page basis (one reason why I got rid of mine and got a laser) (since the ink cartridge never lasts as long as claimed) (especially with colour), but having two printers is even more expensive.  Those ribbon dot-matrix cartridges have an even shorter life than inkjets (and unlike inkjets and lasers, the quality of print steadily degrades from the moment you start using a ribbon), and that *irritating* noise <shudder...  Dot matrix printers are slow, noisy, and not all that cheap (considering other tradeoffs) either. My solution is this:  don't *print* so many drafts!   Print Preview was created for a reason, you know...  I know printing drafts is a hard habit to kick but if you want to be thrifty, then no matter what printer you use not printing is always less costly than printing. _VTL_______________________________________________________________________ Viet-Tam Luu    Team OS/2    Corel Engineering 1996    NWC: Never forget. 2B Math/CS, University of Waterloo   http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~vtluu/ You go there you're gone forever / I go there I'll lose my way / if we stay here we're not together / Anywhere is - Enya & R. Ryan, Anywhere Is

For those purposes a cheap-to-run dot matrix is much more appropriate, saving the inkjet for work where a higher quality of printing is required. With all due respect, that's an even more silly solution.  You are proposing using *two* printers with all consequent maintenance costs.   Dot matrix printers are cheap, and if you print a lot of stuff (like source listings, for example, which also lend themselves better to continuous form paper), Alistair's suggesting makes perfect sense. Printers don't require much maintenance in my experience.

:In < This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it , This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it (Viet-Tam Luu) writes: :OTOH if you want to get DECENT print, I suggest ditching the dot matrix :completely.  The only real reason to use a dot matrix nowadays is to print : :Excuse me? Consider the running costs, and the quality appropriate to the :job. I have an HP Deskjet 660C myself, but I wouldn't consider using that :to print out draft copies, listings, etc. on - the costs of the consumables :make such use uneconomic. For those purposes a cheap-to-run dot matrix is :much more appropriate, saving the inkjet for work where a higher quality of rinting is required. : :With all due respect, that's an even more silly solution.  You are proposing :using *two* printers with all consequent maintenance costs.  I know inkjets :are fairly pricey on a cost-per-page basis (one reason why I got rid of :mine and got a laser) (since the ink cartridge never lasts as long as :claimed) (especially with colour), but having two printers is even more :expensive.  Those ribbon dot-matrix cartridges have an even shorter life :than inkjets (and unlike inkjets and lasers, the quality of print steadily :degrades from the moment you start using a ribbon), and that *irritating* :noise <shudder...  Dot matrix printers are slow, noisy, and not all :that cheap (considering other tradeoffs) either. : :My solution is this:  don't *print* so many drafts!   Print Preview :was created for a reason, you know...  I know printing drafts is a hard :habit to kick but if you want to be thrifty, then no matter what printer :you use not printing is always less costly than printing. : And *my* solution is simply to memorize what I see on the screen. If I memorize it from looking at the screen, I save myself the step of memorizing it from reading it on the printed page. Trees, hug *me*! Buddy