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From: kent@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Printer Driver Generator
Message-ID: <16269@swrinde.nde.swri.edu>
Date: 16 May 89 13:47:18 GMT
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Reply-To: kent@swrinde.UUCP (Kent D. Polk)
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
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In light of all the talk about printer drivers:

I am the (un)lucky owner of two unsupported printers with regards to
the Amiga - a Prowriter & a Radio Shack GCP220 Color Inkjet. I picked
up printer drivers for both printers a couple of years ago off of
BBS's. Problem is that neither works correctly. Oh, they work close
enough for me not to complain much, until now.

I just purchased ProWrite - one of the main purposes was so my son
could produce nice reports (in color) for school projects. He was
really looking forward to it. Only the CGP220 driver really screws up
on ProWrite output. Looks like buffer space wasn't handled correctly or
something, but what does work actually produces the best text I've seen
on the CGP220.

Now, I once tried to write a printer driver for the ProWriter, using
info in the Libraries & Devices Manual, but I couldn't get everything
correctly, and gave up due to the lack of information and the discovery
of one already done. I am not a developer, so I apparently can't access
to the right information, but I seems that if info for writing drivers
isn't commonly available, then Commodore ought to support these
slightly less common printers.  (yes, I understand the official
position, just don't agree with it)

Just in case you might have drivers different from from what I have
please consider sending them.

  CItoh_Prowriter  3292
  RS_CGP220        2560

But what I'd really like is source & good instructions for writing my
own (Manx C). Also, I have PrtDrvGen, donated $$ for it too, but still
don't have enought info to get everything to work correctly - especially
color for the RS.

Thanks,

Kent Polk