Anyone know if Q-emuLator can print to a printer on a USB port? As
far
See the manual (chapter 6, I think), but this is the gist of it:
1) Prerequisite is to have the printer installed under Windows
2) In the QL Configuration window, make sure the serial port you'll
use is redirected to the printer (it is by default for SER1 and
SER2)
3) In the QL software, print to the SER port. If the QL software
allows you to choose a printer, choose an old Epson model.
An easy test is:
OPEN#3,SER:PRINT#3,"HELLO":CLOSE#3
This should print "HELLO" to your PC printer (USB or otherwise)
As you say, the other way is to use the parallel port.
Daniele
Thanks again for this, Daniele.
Can you tell me whether the virtual printer system can handle
Epson-format graphics printing?
I haven't tried yet, but what I had in mind was to install
sdump_rext on QemuLator, choose an Epson printer and use SDUMP to
print gaphics via the emulator if possible.
And if Marcel is reading this, can you tell me if QPCprint can also
do this?
Thanks Marcel. I should hav elooked on your website first and I'd have
seen the answer for myself.
I've just tried using SDUMP_REXT on QemuLator version 3 and indeed it
does work through the virtual printer system. I used the SDUMP
commands like this:
SDP_DEV "SER1"
SDP_SET 2,1,1,0 : REM Espon FX80, scale 1, invert black/white, no
random
SDUMP
SDUMP #channel could have been used to print an individual window.
Dilwyn Jones
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