Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
Put another way my life is not dominated by the QL. When I have to buy a new printer there will be a lot of things I shall take into account in making my choice and the QL is just one of them. I am not going to waste time or money looking for a QL compatible printer when the QL community has pussyfooted for years on solving the problem. More provocatively, in April 2004 three leading lights of the QL community sat on a Florida beach and decided that solving the printer problem was one of the main tasks for the 12 months ahead. We are now almost halfway through that 12 months. Could they give a progress report please? Well, we did not decide it was one of the main tasks, we all KNOW it is extremely important. However, there does not seem to be an easy solution. We discussed it several times later, but it still looks like a very difficult task. In the end, we need an easy-to-use, transparent solution, which needs to work on more platforms than QPC. This makes it even more difficult. Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
- Original Message - From: Marcel Kilgus Subject: Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers gwicks wrote: More provocatively, in April 2004 three leading lights of the QL community sat on a Florida beach and decided that solving the printer problem was one of the main tasks for the 12 months ahead. We are now almost halfway through that 12 months. Could they give a progress report please? Third beach boy speaking. Thing is, I haven't printed from an QL system for probably a decade. *I* don't need printing. *Despite* this fact I put all the thoughts and work into it that I did. The response as you probably know was next to nil, so I pretty much stopped caring. Thanks for the reply and to Jochen and Roy too. I did post this item a bit tongue in cheek to illustrate the point that we are unlikely to get a quick or easy solution to the printer problem. In fact I am moving in the same direction as you. I prefer to do all Just Words! work on a laser, which is cheaper and more durable than an inkjet. It is easy to transfer to PC format via QL-2-PC Transfer and save to dos1_. This can then be picked up by a PC program. Other QL output can be saved to file and then transferred to PC. At the beginning of this year I moved all my spreadsheets to PC. I prefer it because it is easier to use both Euros and £s together in a spreadsheet and also much easier to print out because PCs use vector fonts. Even LineDesign output can be transferred to PC format. Now wordprocessing.. Best Wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
studies to scrap direct printing from the QL completely.) Why? I use an Epson 740 connected to PC by usb and at one and the same time (can't spell simutainly) connected to a QL by parallel port ( it has a mac port also ), although I can't say if this model or an equivalent is still out there, Jochen would know maybe. We are still using Stylus Color 740 and 900 together with QPC. Both printers are rather old (4...5 years, maybe even older), but print very well. The Color 880 was the last model EPSON made which had the ESC/P2. I also tried Canons, but recent models (SmartBase, or the brandnew IP series) does not recognise a printer language. You can send whatever you like to them - they do not even react at all. And to the obvious question - no I have never attempted printing from both computers at the same time (;-) I have not either, but they are all connected via USB anyway. As far as I remember the manual does not say you can't use both ports at the same time... Jochen ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
- Original Message - From: Bill Waugh Subject: Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers - Original Message - From: gwicks - Original Message - Subject: [ql-users] Canon Printers I have a Canon BJ-200ex, which is my only QL compatible printer. About 8 years old and getting obsolete with cartridges going up in price and probably becoming more difficult to obtain. (I am already doing feasibility studies to scrap direct printing from the QL completely.) Why? I use an Epson 740 connected to PC by usb and at one and the same time (can't spell simutainly) connected to a QL by parallel port ( it has a mac port also ), although I can't say if this model or an equivalent is still out there, Jochen would know maybe. Very simple answer. I have a life. Put another way my life is not dominated by the QL. When I have to buy a new printer there will be a lot of things I shall take into account in making my choice and the QL is just one of them. I am not going to waste time or money looking for a QL compatible printer when the QL community has pussyfooted for years on solving the problem. More provocatively, in April 2004 three leading lights of the QL community sat on a Florida beach and decided that solving the printer problem was one of the main tasks for the 12 months ahead. We are now almost halfway through that 12 months. Could they give a progress report please? Best wishes, Geoff Wicks. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
- Original Message - Subject: [ql-users] Canon Printers I have never had any experience with Canon printers. However, someone has contacted me who needs to replace a Canon BJ-200 printer - any suggestion, since I do not believe that they are Epson ESC/P compatible (or are they) ?? Sorry this reply is late - for obvious reasons. I have a Canon BJ-200ex, which is my only QL compatible printer. About 8 years old and getting obsolete with cartridges going up in price and probably becoming more difficult to obtain. (I am already doing feasibility studies to scrap direct printing from the QL completely.) Compatibility is BJ mode, which I have never used and Epson LQ mode but NOT Epson ESC/P, Best Wishes, Geoff. PS Hope to write about QL2004 and QL2005 tomorrow. Too tired today having travelled from the Netherlands overnight. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
Rich-Jochen and I were discussing Canon bubblejets and Epson compatibility a few days ago. I haven't got the email with me here at work, but if you can wait until tonight I can look up the info he gave me on the last Canon he knew to have ESC/P or ESC/P2. Alternatively, try their website, presumably canon.com or canon.co.uk to see if there's anything there, often they have a helpline email address even if what you want isn't on the website. The only Canons I've owned have been Canon BJ10sx and BJC-70, both great little printers, but a bit ancient by now. Up to a certain age, Canons had several emulations built in: Epson LQ-xxx Canon BJ modes and one other whose name I can't recall now (possibly an IBM mode, although the Canon mode seems closer to IBM than Epson). I have never had any experience with Canon printers. However, someone has contacted me who needs to replace a Canon BJ-200 printer - any suggestion, since I do not believe that they are Epson ESC/P compatible (or are they) ?? If anyone has a second hand canon bubble jet for sale - let me know asap. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Canon Printers
Darren Branagh wrote: I have a Brother injet printer, forget which model, which is esentially a rebranded Canon model sold under licence by Brother (it takes canon cartridges) It is the Brother version of a Canon printer Dilwyn owns/owned - which took single pages, ie. no sheet feeder. Which model was that Dilwyn? The small white one you used to bring to shows? Canon BJ10sx. Black ink only. If it's one which has a colour cartridge and a little LCD panel on the front, it was the short lived BJC-70 (short lived because I dropped it and broke it, pity, great little printer). There was another version called the BJ10ex. Don't know the difference. Both highly recommended for home use. Ink cartridges seemed to last forever on the BJ10sx, although the BJC70 had fiddle little colour cartridges which were a pain to try to refill or change. Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.quanta.org.uk/mailing.htm
