This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Charles, They don't…if your printer handles text only…the driver won't do a graphic dump. If it's a dot-matrix printer thou…most of them are capable of doing graphic dumps. If it's a daisy wheel…you'll get text only. Don
#printer help
Message #29392
What happens if I print a beautiful picture to a printer that can only print characters? How do the Amiga print drivers handle this situation?
Txed/printing
Message #29359
Dear Charlie Heath-I've been enjoying your Txed+ package immensely, along with WShell. My computing skills are too meager for me to get much out ARexx as yet, but I'm trying to stretch all the time. Here's what's got me hung up at the moment: even with all the ARP stuff…
Bill: I got it from COMB (800-328-2190) for $799. I'd been thinking of getting the HP Deskjet but at $799 the Pageprinter seemed a better buy. The graphics are not the greatMt but that may be because I'm u%sg the builtin Epson X emulator. I'd be interested in any further…
Mike, there's a driver for the DMP-100 in LIB 7 DMP.ARC – don't know if it will be useful but you can give it a try. Marlene
#Print Driver: DMP-130
Message #29307
Does anyone out there have a printer driver for Radio Shacks DMP-130? The printer has it's own Tandy mode and an IBM emulation mode. I've not been terribyly successful in producing a complete driver with the PRTDRVGEN program. Thanks, Mike
Larry, if you find one, let me know!
HPGL to Paintjet
Message #29161
I need a program to convert HPGL files into something recognizable by the HP Paintjet printer. Does anything exist? (I would much prefer to find a package rather than write it!) Thanks, Larry Schilling 71550,3336
Rod: I have to ask. Where did you get it and how much? Seems my source is no longer carring them. 73, bill
John: Thanks, I'll try that driver out! Rob.
Salvador, Look on page 4-5 of the v1.3 Enhancer manual for the MPS 1000 setup. Don
Rob, I have had good results using the EPSONX driver for the NX-10 under preferences. Nothing needs to be changed on the printer end. Enjoy! -John
#printer help
Message #28653
I have an Amiga 500 and MPS 1000 printer. I am having trouble with the setup and need help with dip switch settings. Thanks Sal
#Star NX-10 & 1.3 Dos
Message #28645
I have just finished switching over to the 1.3 AmigaDos, and have discovered that the special driver that I downloaded from here for my Star NX-10 printer will not work with 1.3 I am guessing that I should try either the EpsonX or the EpsonX-Old driver. Can anyone tell me…
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Centronics Pageprinter 8
Message #28608
Bill: I went ahead and ordered the pageprinter 8: at the price it seemed irresistible.No problems so far but the paper tray's capacity is, as you suggest, a bit frustrating. Anyway, thanbks for your comments. Rod
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Driver for old printer
Message #23521
Don, What driver are you using now? Does it work for things other than WPerfect? Also – Lynn, the Word Perfect programmer, checks mail in AmigaArts most week days, and you can probably get help right from the top if you post your message over there. Betty
Ah, wonderful. Can you send me a disk? I'd gladly trade my standard PostScript "interesting stuff" disk, like all the examples from the red and green books, on disk, and other pictures and drawings…
John, GhostScript is another FSF/Richard Stallman product, and is said to be large and slow, though i don't have any first-hand knowledge of it. -larry
John, No problem. I will have it in my hot little hands soon. Thre are apparently a few structured fonts for it already, but I don't know if that will be part of the stuff I get. COMAL? Har! Not quite… at least not for this project. Assembler maybe, though…
#22431-
#24 Pin Printers Bad?
Message #22986
Also, what is GhostScript? Another PD PostScript interpreter? How does it compare to the other ones?
#22431-
#24 Pin Printers Bad?
Message #22985
Larry, sorry I didn't see this message earlier, I have the Crispin Goswell PostScript interpreter on Amiga format disks. I've tried compiling it under Manx, and most of it went OK. There are a few easy things to fix. I suppose you'll want to translate it to COMAL or assembler,…
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IBM screen font problem
Message #6813
I believe your problem is that you need to run the NEWFON utility. Microsoft changed the format of the screen font files for Windows 2.0 or greater – to update your screen font files you will need to run this utility, provided by MicroSoft as part of the 2.0 package.
There really isn't a lot of difference. It's just a matter of scaling the output to match the resolution of the printer, building the appropriate sized bitmap, and dumping the result in straight graphics. I probably won't be doing the port, or at least not all of it, but a…
Yes, the results will be interesting to say the least! There are probably a lot of Amigas out there waiting to see waht will happen! Are you looking at making a postscript to dot matrix program aka plot2print? Or looking to make a front end for non-postscript laser printers?
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#24 Pin Printers Bad?
Message #22591
If the interpreter is half decently written at all, it should be comparable to the speed you get from an Apple LaserWriter, which, though slow, is not as slow as what I've heard about GhostScript on the IBM. You must realize that in addition to the brain damage designed in…
#22186-
Deskjet
Message #22390
Clay, although the current 24-pin impact printers are very good, their output is still visibly inferior to a good 300dpi laser printer. The 360 x 360 dots per inch specification is true, but you must keep in mind that the dots are much larger than 1/360th of an inch in…
Billy, Um, I just picked up the rainbow, and have yet to print anything out in color on it so your message disturbs me. I was thinking it had to be at least as good as the old Epson JX-80 was, and if so, at $349 or so retail, it's…
I bought the P5200 wholesale from a local distributor. Wholesale in one piece blocks is $516.
Thanks for the reply, I'll drag out my radio shach catalog and see what they have. I went to a local computer store here and saw a color printout of a inkjet printer and "WOW", but I nearly went into shock on price and supplies costs. But with your message…
Well Steve, I went over to a computer store and saw what the color printout of the Star NX1000 Rainbow and was not impressed. I also saw what the color printout of a HP Inkjet was and "WOW". I also found out how much they cost and to run. Each…
#20174-
Color Printers
Message #20305
HP pretty much has "drop on demand" inkjet technology down pat. I'm really impressed with my DeskJet (at work). And I do "just use and turn off till next time." Don't have any personal experience with the PaintJet, but the DeskJet is essentially maintenance-free. Unlike their original "ThinkJet," I might…
#20175-
Color Printers
Message #20286
About the only problem with this printer may be trying to locate one! Should check out your ibm dealers, one of them is bound to have one stuck in the back room somewhere (that is where my dealer had mine!). I think when ibm came out with this printer they…
#20175-
#Color Printers
Message #20285
Billy, You should really consider getting an ink jet printer if you want any decent colour printing. That HP printer is probably the way to go and should see if you can get any kind of deal on that. It does give excellent output (I don't have one, but have…
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#Color Printers
Message #20254
What I paid for the printer and what it retails for are 2 different things! It retails for $795. There is a color option for it (I didn't get it so I don't know the cost — under $150, tho). If you get the PaintJet, do realize that it will…
#20188-
IntroCad 1.3 Bug?
Message #20250
Jay, Make sure you copied ALL the necessary files from the 1.3 disks onto your new boot disk (or HD). That includes all the driver files, device files and so forth. Don
#18683-
Printer Woes!
Message #18770
Ok, then you should have the following connections in the IBM cable: db25 end Centronics end 1 (STROBE) 1 2 (DATA 1) 2 3 (DATA 2) 3 4 (DATA 3) 4 5 (DATA 4) 5 6 (DATA 5) 6 7 (DATA 6) 7 8 (DATA 7) 8 9 (DATA 8)…
It's working out great. What you need to take full advantage of a printer with proportional fonts is a word processor or desk top publishing package which understands how to justify proportional fonts. It isn't a matter for the printer driver. What the publishing package has to understand is exactly…
Phew! Let's start at the beginning. 1) Soft Fonts: At this moment there are no Amiga specific soft fonts available. If you buy HP's (or anyone else's for that matter) soft font you will have to find an IBM machine and transfer them over (Oh maybe not, you could use…
When you responded to my questions about DeskJet last month, you said–I think–that there were no soft fonts available to us Amiga users for DeskJet. Does JetSet change that? I'm not sure how to interpret your answer to michael ferguson a few days ago, since you were talking mainly about…
The proportional problem is new to me since I haven't had anything but a dot matrix printer. My Deskjet is great until I try to print out that kind of material. Even Jet Set's printer driver for Textcraft and/or Scribble doesn't do anything with proportional fonts. Screen formatting is a…
Thanks for the information. Yes, it surprises me also that C-Ltd didn't include a card, or even a page of the 95 page JetSet manual, that describes what sets are what fonts. I've used proportional fonts before, so I understand the caution. By the way, I think that is something…
#LaserJet & Amiga
Message #17105
The card I got with my version of City Desk (special promo with C Ltd. for free Jet Set) says the Commercial Font Set ($99.95 List) has Times Roman and Helvetica in "Upright, Italic, Cilati, Bold/Upright, Bold/Italic and Bold/Cilati type styles. Each type style is provided in 4, 5, 6,…
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Parallel interface SEL
Message #17040
SELECT is an output from the Amiga to the printer…it goes to pin #36 on the Centronics interface. On most, if not all Epsons, there is a DIP switch setting to tell the printer to honor or ignore SELECT. If I were you, I'd leave pin 13 out of the…
C-Ltd font sets
Message #17036
Matt, could you tell me the difference between C-Ltd's "JetSet Fonts Business Package" and the "JetSet Fonts Commercial Package". I'm looking for the package that puts the Times Roman (TRP) and Helvetica (HVP) fonts together at a reduced price. I got JetSet 3.0 in the mail Friday afternoon and am…