Subject: Re: Stylewriter & GS ??
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brian.hammack@rook.wa.com (Brian Hammack) wrote:

>Okay, question y'all...
>
>I recently found a StyleWriter (model M8000) at a thrift cheap, and
>have put it on my GS, and plopped in the Stylewriter driver found on
>the FTPs.  It'll feed a page through when software tells it to print,
>but it isn't printing.  [ProTerm:  just runs the paper through.
>SuperConvert:  Runs the paper through then gives a Printer Abort error
>onscreen.  Teach:  Says to check the port and cable, etc., does not
>push a paper through.]  Is there something I'm missing or doing wrong,
>or is trying the StyleWriter with my GS a bum issue, or is this printer
>just wonky ergo it was in a thrift?  I see nothing about it in the FAQ
>so here I am...
>
>And yes, I found the test function that prints the diagonal lines and
>blocks (is there a regular ABCEDEF... test?) and I do have ink.  :)

The M8000 is the original StyleWriter.  I used to have one of these
before one died on me.  They are great!  Don't use the driver you
found at ftps.  Instead, use the one that came with System 6.0.1.
There should be an installer option for it.

Next, make sure the StyleWriter driver is selected in the "DC
Printer" control panel and that the Port is "Printer Port" with the
default settings.

StyleWriter has no internal fonts.  It is a QuickDraw only printer and
thus only works under GS/OS.

The print is very sharp and overall more appealing than from a
DeskJet.  That's why when my StyleWriter died, I replaced it with a
Canon BubbleJet unit, which has the same print method.

A few days ago, I found out the main reason why the Canon engine
in the StyleWriter prints so cleanly.  It is the INK!  Yes!

I put regular cheapo DeskJet ink in a Canon cartridge and it printed
like a DeskJet (pretty bad).  By the way, it does not work in the
reverse.  Canon ink clogs DeskJet cartridges.  It seems the bubblejet
print process lets it use a better ink.