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Specific Printer Notes, Diconix


This document contains notes about using Diconix printers with New Deal software

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Diconix 150 and 300

For the Diconix 300w, try the Epson LX-80 driver.

There are two problems we know of on Diconix printers.

Unwanted Test Page:
The first is that our driver included with 1.2 will cause Diconix 150's and 300's to print a test page before every print job. The code ESC-t-1 does it. This is used in the Epson driver to set the character codes 80h-9fh printable. The Diconix (which is SUPPOSED to be Epson-compatible) uses ESC t to print a test page.
A fix for the test page problem with the Diconix D150 is included in the driver named "Diconix D150 (Epson Mode 1.28)" Make sure that is the one you're using. The Diconix will apparently emulate an IBM Proprinter X24 as well. Using the IBM mode, the problem should not occur.
Shrunken Printouts:
The second problem is that the original Diconix 150 portable printers print a reduced size document.
The reason is that the resolution of the printer is slightly higher, and nothing is done to print up to the real Epson or IBM size. The margins seem to stay wide, which makes it difficult to scale up the document without losing info off the edge. There is no work around for this one at this point.
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