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From: bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: GEOS printer drivers
Message-ID: <28001@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Date: 17 Oct 89 19:39:25 GMT
Sender: bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin)
Reply-To: bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin)
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  I recenlty bought an Epson LQ-1000 (not LQ-1000) and have a few questions
regarding using it with GEOS. As soon as I got the printer, I did a
test to determine which of the many compatible printer drivers provided the
best output. I found three (Epson LQ-1500, Star NB-15, Epson LX-80) that
provide superior output. However, none of them performed perfectly. I was told
to get a copy of PrintDriverPatcher by George Wells. This program looks like
what I need, but the documentation proved next to useless. Is there anyone
out there who knows about printer drivers and who could tell me how I
could go about patching these drivers? This is what I would like to do:

- Set the page length of the LX-80 driver to that of the LQ-1500 driver.
- Change the NLQ control codes (escape codes for bold, italics, subscript,
  superscript, etc.) for all 3 drivers.
- Whenever I print in High Quality mode with the NB-15 driver, it reduces
  everything to about 1/2 of its normal size. Does anyone know how I could
  go about turning the reduction off?
- Finally, how can I create a LaserMatrix driver compatible with the 
  LQ-1500 driver?

Thanks in advance,
Ben Wildasin

And yes, I would vote in favor of a comp.binaries.cbm. And how about a
comp.os.geos?

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