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From: euloth@dalcsug.UUCP (George Seto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari ST Screen Dump Info Sought
Summary: Printer Drivers
	 Screen Dumps possible with other printer types.
Message-ID: <309@dalcsug.UUCP>
Date: 4 Mar 89 14:28:30 GMT
References: <3958@druhi.ATT.COM> <1396@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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In article <1396@csd4.milw.wisc.edu>, johnnyd@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Johnny D) writes:
> In article <3958@druhi.ATT.COM> terrell@druhi.UUCP (TerrellE) writes:
> |
> |My question is this:  Does this screen dump work with non EPSON compatible
> |printers?  If so, which ones (and how can it tell what kind of printer
> |is connected)?
> |
 The standard (in the ROMs) screen dump routine is for an Epson compatible
 printer. What sort of printer do you have that isn't Epson Compatible?
 From what I understand almost all printers have available an Epson :
 compatible mode. Some of the others are Epson compatible but the dump
 doesn't work properly for one reason or another. There are PD programs 
 around which allows the use of the Degas style of printer drivers to
 replace the standard. Also there is a program for the 24 pin printers
 which definitely works for the Star NX2400 printer which gives excellent
 printer dumps. 
 I still have a friend looking for a printer driver for GDOS which will 
 give better definition for the Star. He has been told of a driver in the
 PD which will work for GDOS for the Nec P6/P7 printers which should work
 for the Star. Has anyone seen these available for download anywhere? 

>     The screen dump works fine on my Panasonic 1091i, although I only get 
> 3/4 of the screen since it's an 80 column printer.  As far as I know,
> the screen dump should work with any IBM compatible dot matrix printer.

 There is a modification you can make yourself using your control panel
 and then save in the DESKTOP.INF file. One of the settings for the printer
  960 or 1280 bits/pixels per line. Set the printer for the 960 and you
  should be able to see the entire screen dumped.
   

 Hope that helps.    


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