I don't know what normal/available/practical software might be available, but one interpreter of epson matrix codes I know of is part of VSI-FAX. You can feed it captured epson matrix printer output (IBM ProPrinter, Epson MX, Epson FX, etc) and it would render it as a tiff for faxing.
-- bkw On Jul 4, 2016 9:20 PM, "Mike Stein" <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you tried one of the free text-to-pdf converters to see how it > handles the formatting codes? > > BTW, I also sometimes use a P-S converter and it's probably not relevant > for you, but it's fairly trivial to simply redirect most programs' print > output to the com port... > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Gary Hammond <[email protected]> > *To:* 'Model 100 Discussion' <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, July 04, 2016 8:04 PM > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Epson MX80 emulator for the PC > > Yes it would, but it the old printers take up heaps of desktop real > estate, need ribbons re-inked, replaced and is awkward to use with standard > photocopy paper. > > I tend to keep ‘print-outs’ in paperless form nowadays. > > > > *From:* M100 [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of * > Jan-80 > *Sent:* Tuesday, 5 July 2016 9:09 AM > *To:* Model 100 Discussion <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [M100] Epson MX80 emulator for the PC > > > > Wouldn't it be simpler to simply attach a printer to the Model T ? > > > > On Mon, 4 Jul 2016 22:41:20 +1200, Gary Hammond wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have hooked up a parallel to serial converter on the printer port of the > M100 and can receive output to the printer on the PC using a terminal > program. Basic listings and programs sent to the printer work fine and show > on the PC terminal screen nicely. However, when I use to print a text file, > it would appear that printer control codes are being sent as well (which > would be normal). > > Does anyone know of a utility to emulate an Epson MX80 on the PC end i.e., > take input from the serial port and either send it to the windows printer > or preferably capture it to a pdf file? > > I am aware that Virtual-T has print functionality, however what I am > trying to do is test the parallel printer port is working on real M100’s. > It would also be nice to be able to ‘print’ files using Ultimate ROM, Lucid > etc. > > Thoughts anyone? > > -- > > Greetings from the TyRannoSaurus > > Jan-80 > >
