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From: chris@umbc3.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Generic Printer Driver Needed
Message-ID: <295@umbc3.UMD.EDU>
Date: Thu, 26-Feb-87 14:21:25 EST
Article-I.D.: umbc3.295
Posted: Thu Feb 26 14:21:25 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 28-Feb-87 07:12:04 EST
Organization: Univ of Maryland Baltimore County
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Keywords: dumb printers


Hey all --

I would like to be able to hook up a serial printer to my Mac+.  It's
a very dumb printer, so I don't want to worry about handshaking any more
than XON/XOFF.  The biggie is to get the speed & data formats right.

The easy solution is to have a generic printer driver, selectable with
CHOOSER (da) and to be able to select XON/XOFF, baud rates, parity, 
number of data bits, etc.  DOES THIS EXIST?  If not, it sounds like
a fairly simple programming project....(hint hint).

Otherwise, is there an easy way to modify the ImageWriter file such that
I can change the communications format (baud, parity, etc) using RESEDIT?
Naturally I would rather be able to do it "on the fly" when needed, but
having another copy of the ImageWriter file around doesn't bother me...

Please e-mail all responses - I'll be pleased to post results.

Thanks -- 

cs

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