On Thu, 25 Nov 2004 at 15:52:10, Rich Mellor wrote:
(ref:
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>1) Some programs on the QL only allow you to print to ser1 or PAR and
>do not allow you to send data to a file.
>2) It is more user friendly to have a printing process which is
>invisible to the user. If the user has to always print to a file then
>run another program to get output, they will soon get fed up of this
>process and abandon the QL altogether.
For programs that allow printing to a file, one could write a background
program that would search for files in a particular place, and then
print them, and delete after printing.
This would be ideal for hard disk users, but would work on
floppy/romdisq too.
.... or even ram if there is enough.
The filter could be set up to handle all the special printer
requirements. If the filename had a printer ID in it, it could even
handle more than one printer at once connected to different ports.
ie win1_pfiles_deskjet_file_lis
Xchange would allow the long names. Other programs could use a
re-directed name.
Tony
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