Path: news1.icaen!news.uiowa.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!visi.com!news From: nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Panasonic kx-p2123 Date: 27 Nov 1996 22:02:18 GMT Organization: (missing) Lines: 87 Message-ID: <57idpa$1ud@darla.visi.com> References: <57h7oj$lmu@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: thumper.visi.com In article <57h7oj$lmu@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu>, Richard T. McCusker wrote: >I was given a Panasonic KX-P2123 printer and am now looking for a >driver that will let me use color and some of the other stuff it can >do. The Epson LQ driver didn't work at all, and the Epson driver >hung when I tried to print color. If you're trying to use this on an Apple //e, it's likely to be near impossible to do this. Most programs didn't care about color; you'd have to replace some printer codes like bold, italic or the like and change them to the codes for different colors. On a GS, the situation can be similarly sparse. Different printers have never been too well supported; for printers not supported by System 6.0.1 directly, your only chance is to find a printer supported by Independence or Harmonie, an addon package with extra drivers. From the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions, archived on the WWW at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html here's a list of what Harmonie supports. [Independence doesn't support color, but the list is likely to be similar] --- Begin quoting As provided by Richard Der, here is a list of printers and such supported by Harmonie; there may be other printers that are compaible with such models listed here, but are not listed. Nobody's gotten a list of printers supported by Independence to me yet, unfortunately. Printers supported by Harmonie: --Canon Dot Matrix-- Canon 1080 --HP DeskJet (or DeskWriter) Ink-Jet-- DeskJet (Manual states all DeskJet and DeskJet 5xx drivers DeskJet 500C work with DeskWriter series of the same number DeskJet 520 using the high speed Printer 57.6 serial port DeskJet 550C driver included with on the disk) DeskJet 560C *560C driver is compatible with DJ/DW 600C and 660C printers. The DJ 400 is like th DJ 600C. The DJ 560C driver is listed as a 600x300dpi one whereas all the rest are 300x300dpi. [Other models like the 680C/682C should work also.] --Epson LQ 24-pin Dot Matrix (or Canon Ink-Jet)-- Epson LQ (Epson LQ drivers work with Canon BJ models for Epson LQ 4000 hi-res 360dpi printing. Some older models have Epson LQ 800 dip switches that must be set to enable automatic Epson emulation -> for example, the BJ-200e requires DIP switch 12 to be set to ON. The printer manual should say what to do for the specific model. BJ-10e, BJ 100, BJ-200, BJ-210, BJ-4100, and BJ-600 models also list Epson LQ emulation and should work with one or more of these drivers.) --Epson 9-pin Dot Matrix-- Epson MX 80 --HP LaserJet laser Printers-- LaserJet LaserJetIIP LaserJet III (Newer LaserJet models also work with these drivers as are any HP compatible laser printers) --Misc. Dot Matrix Printers-- Okimate 20 Panasonic 1124 Pinwriter --Misc. Ink-Jet-- HP PaintJet QuadJet Gareth Jones adds the following from his list on his Harmonie 2.11 disk: -- Apple Dot Matrix Printers-- ImageWriter LQII ImageWriter II --- End quoting Nathan Mates -- <*> Nathan Mates http://www.visi.com/~nathan/ <*> # What are the facts? Again and again and again-- what are the _facts_? # Shun wishful thinking, avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors # think-- what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? -R.A. Heinlein Path: news1.icaen!news.uiowa.edu!news.physics.uiowa.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!199.171.6.16!li.net!bookworm!mwade From: Mark Wade Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Panasonic kx-p2123 Date: Wed, 27 Nov 1996 17:36:37 -0500 Organization: LI Net (Long Island Network) Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <57h7oj$lmu@alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu> <57idpa$1ud@darla.visi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bookworm.suffolk.lib.ny.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: mwade@bookworm In-Reply-To: <57idpa$1ud@darla.visi.com> I missed the original post here but caught Nathan's reply. I have one of those printers hooked up to my //e and it works fine there. It emulates a 9 pin Epson FX quite well using the printers built in fonts. Because it is a 24 pin printer graphics are stretched vertically by about 20% using the Epson FX drivers. It also works with Harmonies Epson LQ drivers. Both the 800 and 4000, I believe, it's been a while, I have a DeskJet hooked to my IIgs now. If it doesn't work with both then it definately works with one of them but you have to have the printer set to emulate an Epson, it also emulates an IBM Proprinter. It would be impossible for me to tell you how to change the emulation, you would really need a manual. If you don't have one Panasonic has a technical support # 1-800-222-0584 and a # for "Options and supplies" 1-800-346-4768 Mark Wade mwade@suffolk.lib.ny.us m.wade7@genie.com mswade@delphi.com