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[DavidM]

(02-14-2018 04:50 AM)John Cadick Wrote:  

(02-13-2018 08:14 PM)martinot Wrote:  Great!

I just ordered a brand new 82240B to use with both my 50g and DM42.

I did not think that the 50g has a compatible IR? Is there a mod that I missed?

John

No modifications required. But the 50g's IR output is very weak compared to other models, and everything has to be "just right" for consistent results. I find that I have to keep the 50g within about an inch of the printer, carefully aligned, and sometimes I have to block out extraneous light as well. If printing GROBs or large amounts of text, it's also easy for the calculator to fill the printer's buffer. Changing the DELAY setting can help with this. If printing GROBs, I set a DELAY factor of 1.05 for my particular printer. That can slow down regular text printing, though, so experimentation may be needed for best results. EDIT: Hadn't finished my coffee before typing that. It's the other way around... setting the DELAY to 1.05 is useful when printing lots of text, but I set it to 0 for printing GROBs (which is already a slow process, and DELAY would make it even more painful).