nelson_p@apollo.COM (Peter Nelson) (06/24/89)
I have an XT clone (Leading Edge, model 'D') with a
hercules-sytle graphics interface. I like the relatively
hi-res, sharp monochrome display, but there's one problem
I haven't solved. My Panasonic dot-matrix printer is
capable of doing some crude dot-matrix graphics and I've
experimentally written software to output lines and so
forth to it. But there appears to be no readback path
from the display so I can't see any way to output graphics
that I generate to the printer. If I ever get a laser
or Deskjet printer this will be an even bigger problem.
Most of the graphics I generate are from calls to library
routines in Microsoft QuickC. Do I have to make some kind
of a printer analogue to each one of these calls that
intercepts the parameters and outputs to the printer
instead (or first)? Does anyone sell a commercial package
that handles this problem? Thanks in advance.
---Peterlance@helios (Lance Bresee) (06/24/89)
I have written some programs which take the screen image bit by bit and send that to my printer, which can output data as a bit image. Would that help? Also, in micro cornucopia issue #48 there is an article on doing a hercules graphics screen dump...I don't have that issue, but the article is listed in the back issues order form... Once you get around the four-block storage system, it is really quite easy..I first tried the byte addressing method in the hercules manual, but that took about 20 minutes to print a screen... good luck! lance
jack.bzoza@canremote.uucp (JACK BZOZA) (07/10/89)
nM> from the display so I can't see any way to output graphics nM> that I generate to the printer. If I ever get a laser nM> or Deskjet printer this will be an even bigger problem. Have you tried running GRAPHICS.COM first ? It comes with DOS. Be <C>hatting with you..... --- * QDeLuxe 1.10 #168