Hi Bret, interesting to know that there's someone out there, familiar to FreeDOS, still using those 9-pin printers. At least here in Brazil they're still used on lots of places because of their low operational cost.
Well, Eric and Konstantyn... So much for the museum idea! Yes Bret, I can only imagine how hard it would be to work with printer support. It wouldn't be my job anyway. I'm not a programmer for a long time already and I've been looking for someone to volunteer on that. Henrique Em 5/5/2011 17:38, Bret Johnson escreveu: > FWIW, I still have and occasionally use a 9-pin dot-matrix printer. It's a > Panasonic, and to print graphics (like from a DOS CAD program I used to use > all the time) I have to tell the program I have an IBM Graphics Printer, not > any kind of Epson. You should also at least consider the implications for > different versions of PCL and PostScript. There may be other > manufacturer-specific protocols you may want/need to support as well. > > Messing with printer protocols is a MAJOR headache, and this project could > easily turn into a black hole for your time. I'm not saying this wouldn't be > a worthwhile project, just be forewarned that it's not as simple as it may > seem at first. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
