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Epson LQ-2550 Firmware Changes |
The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS
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Solutions: In August, 1990 Epson announced a new, improved version of the Epson LQ-2550 printer with some additional functionality. There is not a separate firmware designation. The printers can be distinguished by the color of the casing, the new printers being gray and the old ones ivory. Older versions of the Epson LQ-2550 printer cannot be upgraded with a firmware change. Please do not direct users to request such an upgrade. Users with the old printers simply will not be able to access the additional features supported in the drivers. The new version of the Epson LQ-2550 printer has two additional features which will be addressed by our printer drivers: * Support for the Multi-Font Module (#7407) * Support for 7 Additional Characters/Symbols WPCorp's Epson LQ-2550 (Additional) driver includes support for the Multi-Font Module (#7407) (available since the 11/09/90 printer update). Only those users with the new version of the printer (gray casing) will be able to use the multi-font module and therefore will be the only ones who can use this driver. If a user requests support for the multi-font module for this printer, they should be directed to use the Epson LQ-2550 (Additional) driver. The new printer also supports seven additional characters (WordPerfect characters 4,5; 4,22; 4,23; 4,39; 4,41; 6,45; 6,46) not supported by the older version. Support for these new characters has been added to the shipping driver for the Epson LQ-2550 as of the 11/09/90 printer update. Users with the older printer (ivory casing) who use the newer Epson LQ-2550 driver will find that a different character prints when one of these seven characters is requested. To fix the problem, use PTR and edit the Epson EGC Full (N9) character map in the PRS file to remove the control strings for the seven characters mentioned (i.e. remove "si[64,94]so" for character 4,5). These characters will then either be ignored (WordPerfect 5.0) or created graphically (WordPerfect 5.1). |
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