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From: dmt@mtunb.ATT.COM (Dave Tutelman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Anyone seen software for a Star Gemini-10 printer?
Summary: Gemini-10 NOT = SG-10
Message-ID: <1411@mtunb.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Feb 89 17:57:14 GMT
References: <3592@mipos3.intel.com> <703@sactoh0.UUCP>
Reply-To: dmt@mtunb.UUCP (Dave Tutelman)
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs - Lincroft, NJ
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In article <703@sactoh0.UUCP> bkbarret@sactoh0.UUCP (Brent K. Barrett) writes:
>In article <3592@mipos3.intel.com>, dbraun@cadavr.intel.com (Doug Braun ~) writes:
>> I have a Star Micronics Gemini-10 printer I got years ago.  I think
>> it's supposed to be mostly compatible with some older Epson model.
>> ... [ problem with graphic dumps ] ...
> 
> I do graphic dumps, GIF dumps (using CSHOW, The Grin, others) all
>the time with my Star SG-10. You might check the mode you're in.
>SG-10s have two different modes, Star and IBM. 

But, unfortuately, the Gemini-10 and -10x printers (predecessors to
the SG-10) have no IBM compatibility mode.  (I've owned one
for years, and spoke extensively with the Star Micronics support folks
when they were coming out with the SG-10; that was one of the reasons
for the SG-10.)

>> Anyway, if I try to do a "Print Screen" in graphics mode, it just
>> honks and beeps.  

However, it shouldn't be nearly as bad as Doug has it.  Are you sure
you have GRAPHICS.COM (or its equivalent for your machine) loaded.
What SHOULD happen with a GEMINI 10x is: you get a graphic dump, but
in "venetian blind" form.  That is, you get "slats" of pixels, interspersed
with "slats" of whitespace; all the pixels are there, and you could
reassemble the image with scissors and tape (though the aspect ratio
might be wrong).

You might be able to cure the venetian blind by sending the appropriate
escape sequence to the printer to adjust the inter-line spacing.
However, this won't work if the program you're using starts out by
resetting the printer.

Good luck!

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