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***glc*** · 07-17-2001, 06:14 AM

You didn't attack me personally - I was referring to the comment directed at Confused. Sorry for any misunderstanding.

ACPI = Advanced Control and Power Interface - this is power management and resource (IRQ) management. It's a good idea in concept, but can cause problems because it usually piles all your AGP, PCI, and USB devices up on the same IRQ and *supposedly* manages the interrupts itself. This does not always work as advertised, so I prefer disabling it.

Back to the original post - do your Epsons have true DOS compatibility or are they strictly GDI printers? That's the issue here......the original poster stated he needed DOS compatibility. I have an HP 882C - and it is NOT a true DOS compatible printer but it will print in a DOS window. The 895C is true DOS compatible - it has 4 megs of ram onboard and will work with almost any DOS Deskjet driver - such as a 560C.

07-17-2001, 06:14 AM	#15
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,765	You didn't attack me personally - I was referring to the comment directed at Confused. Sorry for any misunderstanding. ACPI = Advanced Control and Power Interface - this is power management and resource (IRQ) management. It's a good idea in concept, but can cause problems because it usually piles all your AGP, PCI, and USB devices up on the same IRQ and supposedly manages the interrupts itself. This does not always work as advertised, so I prefer disabling it. Back to the original post - do your Epsons have true DOS compatibility or are they strictly GDI printers? That's the issue here......the original poster stated he needed DOS compatibility. I have an HP 882C - and it is NOT a true DOS compatible printer but it will print in a DOS window. The 895C is true DOS compatible - it has 4 megs of ram onboard and will work with almost any DOS Deskjet driver - such as a 560C.