Re: Stylewriter quality

[John F. Scipione]

Several good suggestions have already been made, but I'll try to make  
some more.  I have a Stylewriter II printer at home and it too has some  
print quality issues.  First thing to try, clean the inside of the  
printer out with Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol to get all of the clogged  
ink out, especially where the ink cartridge meats holster.  Try to get  
all the crusted-on ink out as possible.  Secondly, install truetype  
fonts, a selection come with the Stylewriter printer disks if you have  
them, if not, perhaps I could post images of them somewhere.  A better  
place to get truetype fonts is from Internet Explorer.  Download IE 3  
or 4, and then in the installer you can choose custom install, and then  
just choose to install web fonts.  You will get all the standbys, Times  
New Roman, Verdana, etc.  You can also install the grayshare extension  
which will allow you to print in greyscale (and share the printer).   
GrayShare_Update_1.0.sea.bin is available here:

http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/ 
Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/Printing/ 
Other_Printing/

Even after you do all this, you are still limited to 300x300 dpi.  This  
is a fine resolution for reasonable sized text, but is probably  
sub-optimal for images and complicated fonts.

Skipp

PS Robert Reuter; Canon  BC-02 is what I am using in my Stylewriter  
right now, can be a little bit on the expensive side (~$25) but they  
seem to last a long time.

On Dec 23, 2003, at 8:22 PM, Bob Williams wrote:

Hi folks - I'm a relative newcomer to the list. I got a Mac SE (4/20)  
hooked
up to a Stylewriter II. It's my first compact Mac, so I'm kinda  
feeling my
way along here.
My question is this: Is there a way to improve print quality with the
Stylewriter? Just about all the fonts I've tried seem to be printing  
out a
bit crude. Some are better than others, but none are nearly as good as  
put
out by my HP Deskwriter 600 connected to a PowerMac 5400.
I love the little Mac and I'm looking forward to making it a very  
productive
little machine!
Thanks for your help.
Bob Williams
Hayesville, NC


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