RE: 890 Drivers For 870?

["Nij" <nigel@mwords.co.uk>]

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> From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
> [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Robert L Krawitz
> Sent: 16 May 2002 02:51
> To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Cc: epson-inkjet@leben.com
> Subject: Re: 890 Drivers For 870?
>
>
>    From: "Carl Grohs" <cgrohs@triad.rr.com>
>    Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 13:21:24 -0400
>
>    So, referring to your specific example, you might find that to make
>    the 890 profiles (or whatever) work with an 870 requires you to use
>    an 890 driver, pointed directly to the 870. BUT when you do such a
>    thing, you will find it quite easy to find some facility or
>    function that the 890 driver supports but the 870 does not -
>    e.g. edge-toedge printing or 2880dpi. As soon as you set your
>    printer driver into these territories, things will start going
>    wrong!
>
> The 890 driver may or may not work with the 870, even at lower
> resolution.  There are a few extra remote mode commands that the 890
> supports, particularly those having to do with edge to edge printing,
> and the driver may use those, and that may confuse the 870.
>
> (BTW, the 870 cannot do 2880x720 DPI -- I have tried that experiment!)
>
> --
> Robert Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu>      http://www.tiac.net/users/rlk/


Robert, you misquoted the above... I said it.

And, what do you think I meant by saying "BUT when you do such a thing, you
will find it quite easy to find some facility or function that the 890
driver supports but the 870 does not - e.g. edge-toedge printing or 2880dpi.

We are in agreement then?

Nij

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