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In article <na.d44af54710.a50220roysmith@argonet.co.uk>
          Roy  Smith <roysmith@argonet.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <328dfaf47@yojoe.demon.co.uk>, Ian Cripps <ian@yojoe.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
> > Yes the Canon's Windows-93> drivers do work on the RiscPC fitted with a 
> > wintel pc card. Works best with 8mb or more memory allocated to windows 
> > but that's true for any wintel pc!
> 
> I have an Acorn 486DX/100 card with 20Mb RAM allocated to it but Canon's 610
> Win'95 printer driver which is written for the Windows Printing System
> cannot find the printer port. The 600 driver, which is a simple Win'95
> printer driver, can! This anomaly has been confirmed by my dealer and other
> users. Canon are also aware of the position. Are we talking about the same
> thing? If there is a way round this we would be delighted to hear it. 
> 

Windows printing system talks directly to Cannon printer in natice mode.
So it need's complete access to the parallel port on the RiscPC and not
just spooled via RiscOS printing stream.

To get it working, load the !PCConfig application and click on printing
option section and then selected '[x] Allow PC card to access paraellel
port directly'.

Remember if your are still using one of CC's dongle remove it (or upgrade
the software to dongleless version), it may get in the way!


> To make it clear the Win'95 610 driver supplied with the printer is a
> special one - it even talks to you whilst printing! As far as I am aware all
> the basic drivers within Win'95, including that for the 600, *do* work with
> a PC card.   
>  
> > 360x360dpi on Acorn's Printers version 1.5x :-)
> 
> Yes, I should have said 360x360dpi. I have the Acorn Printers 1.52
> installed.

I am using version 1.54 but I have RiscOS 3.7 installed :-)

> 
> > Works fine on windows but Acorn's/CC's RiscOS drivers gives higher 
> > quality output:-)
> 
> Higher quality than what? The 720dpi mode on a "real" PC using the Win'95
> driver referred to above requires excessive disc space due to it's method of
> spooling but the end product is as least as good as the RISC OS driver
> provides. In fact I believe the colours are more accurate.
> 

Not from where I am standing! Acorn give better results with a wide range
of tests and colour matching is accurate!

Cheers


Ian


-- 
Ian Cripps