kerl@ingr.com (Dan Kerl) (12/21/89)
I have a 5 year old C.ITOH 8510 printer that works fine. However, it isn't compatable with the what DOS expects to see for a printer; ESC sequences different, characters 128-255 different, etc. My question: Does anyone know if there are aftermarket proms available for this printer that would make it ibm/epson compatable? I hate to dispose of this printer, since it works well and has a push tractor (unlike the printer I am now using, an Epson LX-800). Any other suggestions for getting around this compatability problem would be most appreciated. Thanks. Dan Kerl - Intergraph Corp. 205-730-6118 internet: b11!cmack!kerl@ingr.com UUCP: uunet!ingr!b11!cmack!kerl
emmo@moncam.co.uk (Dave Emmerson) (12/22/89)
In article <8066@ingr.com>, kerl@ingr.com (Dan Kerl) writes: > I have a 5 year old C.ITOH 8510 printer that works fine. However, it isn't > compatable with the what DOS expects to see for a printer; ESC > sequences different, characters 128-255 different, etc. > [deleted] > Any other suggestions for getting around this compatability problem > would be most appreciated. Thanks. > If you're really determined to keep using it, you'll find it easier to write a filter programme than hacking the printer's ROM. In fact you may well find almost anything is easier. Modifying the founts isn't quite so bad - if you write youself a small screen editor, you can step through the existing ones and modify where needed. I did this once with a Brother 1109 (or was it 1209?) - it wasn't much fun finding the base. Try searching for 7 0x00 bytes contiguously, if you're lucky there'll only be a few, and one will be the start of the space character bitmap. Good luck, you'll need it! Dave E. (NB : I KNOW the brother has downloadable font capability, I had my reasons.)