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In @usenet.ins.cwru.edu> jtb5@po.CWRU.Edu (Justin T. Ballard) writes:
>I have an okidata 92 printer(rusty but trusty) and basically the
>windows driver I have for it doesn't work. How come? Does anybody
>have a fix for me. It sucks not being able to print out. Please
>e-mail me respones. Thanks!

Okidata was a really horrible printer company (along with a few others).
The u92 was available in lots and lots of completely different configurations.
Some of which don't even _look_ like the other configurations.
The biggest mfg'd run of u92's was for Apple IIc's.  There also was a
run for IBM pc's which did _NOT_ include any graphics capabilities.
I strongly suspect that you have either a Apple model u92 or a non-graphics
IBM model.  Either of these will print dos text just fine, from dos.
The Apple model tends to get very easily confused by things like form feeds,
or tabs.  The IBM non-graphics model is fairly bullet proof, in that anything
you can type to the screen, you can basically print and read.

The single model you can use with windows, is the Okidata u92, IBM pc style
with the IBM Graphics option.  As Mfg'd, this model had a little blue sticker 
on the back that said 'IBM GRAPHICS OPTION INSTALLED'.  The sticker is a
misnomer, as you can not buy or install this option yourself.  It is a factory
only option, and uses a different internal motherboard, and everything...

To test this, you should be able to load graphics.com in dos (cga on dos 3.3 or
earlier, or cga & ega on dos 4 or 5), get ahigh res graphics screen, form
your favorite program (demo software, free supplied games, ...), and do a
print screen.  The graphics screen should be color dithered and printed.

If this works, the windows driver should print just fine.  In that case....

al



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