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From: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (Jim Vickroy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sources.wanted
Subject: Re: Printer Drivers !! ?? !!
Message-ID: <369@sppy00.UUCP>
Date: 31 May 89 14:13:42 GMT
References: <8367@pyr.gatech.EDU>
Reply-To: jmv@sppy00.UUCP (Jim Vickroy)
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In article <8367@pyr.gatech.EDU> russ@pyr.gatech.EDU (RUSSELL SHACKELFORD) writes:
=>
=>re: MS-DOS software....
=>
=>There's about 10 zillion software packages that come with a couple dozen
=>printer drivers, selectable via an Install procedure...
=>
=>Is there a good source of such drivers, or do we have to get access to one
=>each of a couple dozen printers and re-invent the wheel?
=>

But, among these 10z drivers, only a few actually do the same thing, exactly.
I've written a printer device driver to print diacritic characters on several
different printers. Each character is rendered in graphics mode. I cannot
release the source code for this driver (because my employer owns it) but the
book "Writing MS-DOS Device Drivers" by Robert S. Lai (ISBN 0-201-13185-4) 
has a chapter devoted to a printer device driver (chapter 5).

I hope this helps.

PS   to anyone who is reading this now, if you would be so kind to send me
     some e-mail letting me know if this got out. we have been having trouble
     with our usenet feed. Thanks!

jim
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