PANASONIC PRINTER
HELP! I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET MY AMIGA TO PRINT ON MY PANASONIC KX-P1080
PRINTER AND I'M HAVING PROBLEMS. I CAN GET IT TO PRINT STANDARD CHARACTERS BUT
I CAN'T GET THE PRINTER TO PRINT ITALICS OR ANY OTHER MODE (IE: DOUBLE WIDTH,
SUPERSCRIPT OR SUBSCRIPT). I CHECKED WITH THE TWO COMPUTER STORES HERE IN TOWN
BUT THEY WEREN'T MUCH HELP. I'VE GOT THE ENHANCEMENT SOFTWARE KICKSTART,
WORKBENCH AND EXTRAS 1.2 AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE ESCAPE KEYS LISTED ON
PAGE 22 OF THE BOOK THAT CAME WITH THE SOFTWARE TO WORK BUT I'M STUCK. I NEED
TO KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT TO DO EITHER EITHER THAT OR
SOMEONE WHO HAS A PANASONIC KX-P1080 AND HAS GOT IT FIGURED OUT.
HERE'S AND EXAMPLE OF WHAT I'VE BEEN TRYING: THE MANUAL SAYS THAT THE SEQUENCE
ESC[3m IS SUPPOSE TO TURN ON THE ITALICS MODE. SO I ENTERED IT AS:
LPRINT CHR$(27)+"[3m"
THE TEXT THAT I WAS TRYING TO PRINT WAS SENT TO THE PRINTER, BUT IT WASN'T IN
ITALICS. I TRIED THE SAME THING WITH SUPERSCRIPT AND SUBSCRIPT BUT THE TEXT
ALWAYS LOOKED THE SAME.
I ALSO TRIED TO SET THE 8TH DIP SWITCH ON THE PRINTER TO THE 7 OR 8 BIT
POSITION AND THAT DIDN'T MAKE A BIT OF DIFFERENCE EITHER. I'VE RUN OUT OF
IDEAS, SO IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS, I'D SURE LIKE TO HEAR THEM.
DARRELL JONES
71340,1543
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