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#Laser Printers

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    06-Apr-88 12:58:07
Sb: #117675-#Laser Printers
Fm: Khalid Aldoseri 75166,2531
To: Roger F. Becker 71426,1053

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I'm not sure that the printer can send info to the computer, especially if it is connected via the parallel port, which normally supports just one-way data. I am going to go ahead with redoing the program to add support for different page setups, fonts, and orientations. This will make it more a universal printing program rather than just a draft-oriented program. BTW, which paper size do you use? I have only got the A4 cartridge and I am interested in finding out the optimum settings for different paper sizes in order to include them in the program. I am also thinking of providing the capability to define up to four different (or more) configurations in the LJ2_Config file so that you could just choose which one by a CLI switch or by a ToolType selection from WB. How does that sound to you? New options will (probably) include # of columns, i.e. newspaper style or normal output, landscape or portrait output, font definitions for specific applications (maybe in a separate file for each font) and much more WB support. I can't promise a full-fledged Intuition style interface, but will do my best. I am also thinking of rewriting the program to make it support any Preferences printer, but that would take quite a bit of reprogramming, and the end result would be much slower than the current version. P.S. I've already got a new version of LJ2 ready, with the new CLI interface and simple WB support. Would you like me to upload this? I would like to hear (or read!) your opinions about it.