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From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1.4 wish list-Printer Support
Keywords: Printer Driver maker/patcher needed
Message-ID: <6863@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 89 14:59:25 GMT
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Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski)
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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	Ken, we do the best we can with the limited resources we have
[ one person :^( ].  When I wrote the 1.3 drivers I contacted ALL the
major printer manufacturers and got their latest printers.  I am also
on their list of 'preferred developers' so I get advanced information
on their products and will put in support for printers/options that
the end-user may not even be aware about.  However, new printers do
come out faster than our O/S releases and yes it is hard to keep up.

	I wish I had the resources to write a printer driver generator
(for the text commands at least) but alas I do not.  If you are a developer
then you can get the EpsonX and EpsonQ source code as part of the
"How to Write a Printer Driver' package.  I suspect that in your case its
simply a matter of adding/changing one (or two) escape sequences and re-compiling.

	Perhaps some kind sole will take the lead from the V1.2 printer
driver generator and re-code it in 'C' and in English, and put it on
the public domain Fish disks.  If anyone wants to take this on, I'd be
happy to work with them for the benefit of the Amiga community.

	I do sympathize with you and wish I could help more.  Hey,
we're REAL busy guys! :^)  Good luck!

	If there is any specific feature you feel is missing from any of
our supported drivers, please email me the specifics and I'll look at it
for the V1.4 release.

	Regards, David Berezowski