Henrique Peron <hpe...@terra.com.br> wrote in news:4dc2ebc0.30...@terra.com.br:
> I just read a PDF file "Epson ESC/P Reference Manual". It explains > that 24-pin printers can "receive" definitions on 241 characters > into its RAM but those 9-pin LX printers cannot. They can only > receive 6 characters. It seems that uploading a codepage into a > printer's RAM is out of the question. :-( > > Perhaps the idea (which is what I did once with a 9-pin Epson > LX-800 that I had) is to manipulate the printer head directly. > That would leave CPI files and hardcoded printer codepages out of > the equation. That would force me to manually provide the data > (through a TXT file) which would be sent to a printer through some > program which would pose as a "printer driver". I would like to > elaborate more on this but it seems this is the wrong freedos-list > to do that. I have some ideas and perhaps we could work together > on a "printer driver" for FreeDOS. If you're willing to accept the very slow printing speed of your printer's graphics mode then you may want to investigate GhostScript, which already provides a wide variety of fonts, sizes and printer drivers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostScript#.22Hello_world.22 http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/get510.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
