Laser Printers
04-Apr-88 10:01:44
Sb: #117425-Laser Printers
Fm: Khalid Aldoseri 75166,2531
To: Roger F. Becker 71426,1053
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Roger, the program is not shareware, (i.e. I've got enough money, thanks.) I
just did it because I needed it. I have just finished another printer
related program, and I am now reworking LJ2. I've already got it to load
from WB by just bringing up a file requester when it is run. I am also
redoing the whole CLI command line parsing with new, easy to learn commands.
I am also looking into making font selection and landscape/portrait printing
selections, but that would involve some user interaction by specifying the
font width, cartridge number, orientation, etc.
I have just ordered the LJ Series II Programmers' Manual. When I get that
I'll include support for downloading fonts directly from within LJ2. I don't
think that HP softfonts exist in AmigaDOS format, but I'm sure they would be
very easy to convert, since all they do is just send a block of data to the
printer. I haven't any idea about the HP softfonts since I never used them.
If they just dump something to the printer, this dump could be captured,
saved as a file, tranferred to the Amiga, and then just a simple type
FontFile to PAR: will do it.
BTW, which options of LJ2 do you use the most? the least? I am trying to
enhance the better options and trim a bit of fat off the others.