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From: connery@bnrmtv.UUCP (Glenn Connery)
Newsgroups: net.wanted,net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Printer-Code Interceptor
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Date: Fri, 21-Mar-86 19:38:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 21 19:38:32 1986
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> (* EAT ME *) or don't (* EAT ME *)
> 
> I'm looking for a daemon or some such thing to sit out in the memory of
> an IBM PC-XT and intercept-then-translate characters being sent to the 
> printer.
> 
> What the story is, is that a friend bought his son an XT and a Toshiba
> "3-in-one" printer. The printer does great letter-quality stuff, but
> we're talking a 15 year old who wants something FUN and neat with graphs
> and pictures etc.... The printer emulates a QUME "Sprint" (I've never heard
> of it...) and doesn't like the output of most graphics printing programs.
> Therefore I was elected (my friend's company is going to pay for my next
> 
> The daemon seems to be it in my experience, yet I don't know how to write
> them. If anyone out there has such a wonderful device, I would be very happy
> if I could get a hold of it> I will also be joyous if someone can just
> point me in the right direction and explain what I need to do to create one.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> -- 
> KENNETH E. WALKER
> Office of Computing Services
> Georgia Insitute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
> ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!ccastkw

See PC Magazine Sept 17, 1985 page 245.  It has a listing for such a
resident utility to translate graphics characters to other printer
codes, but could obviously be extended to translate escape codes or
whatever.  If you have a modem you can download the source from the
pc magazine bulletin board at (212) 696-0360... 300/1200-8-N-1.
-- 

Glenn Connery, Bell Northern Research, Mountain View, CA
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