Re: 890 Drivers For 870?

[Robert L Krawitz <rlk@alum.mit.edu>]

   From: "Nij" <nigel@mwords.co.uk>
   Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:02:54 +0100

   > -----Original Message-----
   > From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com
   > [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]On Behalf Of Robert L Krawitz
   > Sent: 16 May 2002 02:51
   >
   >    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, you misquoted the above... I said it.

Sorry; I thought I trimmed the various inclusions correctly.

   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.

My point was a bit different (I think) -- even in lower resolutions,
the 890 driver may send some commands that the 870 can't handle.  The
second comment -- that the 870 can't do 2880x720 -- wasn't entirely
gratuitous; there are some printers that can do things they aren't
advertised as being capable of, such as the C80's capability to print
2880x1440.  I've actually tried to print at 2880x720 with the 870, and
the results aren't very pretty.

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