dragon@quiche (Edward YEE) (02/23/90)
Hello,
I would like to know if the Okidata Microline 82 & 83 printers
are just text printers, or are they capable of producing graphics.
I would like to have them installed on the ibm pc. Can they
print IBM graphics? If not, what could be done to make it print
IBM graphics? Is there a chip needed to add to the printer?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.crmeyer@voodoo.ucsb.edu (02/23/90)
In article <2251@calvin.cs.mcgill.ca>, dragon@quiche (Edward YEE) writes... >Hello, > > I would like to know if the Okidata Microline 82 & 83 printers >are just text printers, or are they capable of producing graphics. The Okidata printers are capable of printing graphics, but they use their own particular escape sequences to do so, and are not compatable with the IBM ProPrinter (as I remember). Most graphics programs support the printer, however.
elund@pro-graphics.cts.com (Eric Lund) (02/25/90)
> I would like to know if the Okidata Microline 82 & 83 printers > are just text printers, or are they capable of producing graphics. Yes, the Okidata 82/83/92 all can print rudimentary dot matrix graphics, although I have never been overly pleased with the results. If you are writing your own program, you must learn APA (All-points Addressable) graphics language. It's not that difficult, just a lot of escape codes, and adding the 7 rows together. Refer to the "Bells and Whistles" section of the manual. If, however, you want to know if a commercial program will be able to print graphics, that's up to the program. I can just tell you it is possible. Eric W. Lund *DISCLAIMER "Disclaimers are for weak people."* Prodigy: xcbr22b UUCP: ...crash!pro-graphics!elund *COWS FOR RENT* ProLine: elund@pro-graphics Internet: elund@pro-graphics.cts.com ** ARPA/DDN: pro-graphics!elund@nosc.mil