Epson LQ-300+ printer install problems

[Graeme Nichols]

Hello Folks,

My old Epsom Stylus Colour 460 inkjet finally gave up the ghost. Blocked 
up and cannot unblock it.

I purchased an Epson LQ-300+ 24 pin dot matrix but I cannot get it to 
work satisfactorily in FC3.
On boot-up the printer is detected as an Epson LQ-300+ correctly.
Setting up the queue the LQ-300+ is not listed in the Epson printer 
driver list  so I chose the 24 pin 80 col. printer instead. Sending a 
print job to it results in a form feed and no actual ink on the paper. 
Choosing the LQ-300, a nine pin printer, results in the same form feed.
The only printer that I can get it to work as is an generic IBM 
compatible but the quality of the print is abysmal.

Has anyone managed to setup this printer in FC3 or know what I am doing 
wrong and can point me in the right direction?

TIA

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Kind regards,

Graeme.
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