davidlo@madvax.UUCP (David Lo) (03/16/87)
Anybody knows a printer driver available for the HP Thinkjet for the
Amiga ?
Please send mail to me if you know one, or know how to get one.
Many Thanks,
- David kevin@ux.cs.man.ac.uk (Kevin Jones) (03/07/89)
I've just managed to acquire a Sanders S700 printer - a great machine in
its day! I'm hoping to use it with my Amiga but there's an obvious problem.
It doesn't surprise me to find that there's no driver for such a beast in
the default preference list but I have no idea what a printer driver does
on the Amiga.
Can anyone tell me either :
a) where I can get a driver that will allow me to use the Sanders
or
b) point me in the direction of sufficient information for me to be
able to work out if it's possible to create a driver.
It seems a shame to let this printer die quietly in a corner (it's been
replaced by a lazer printer or three) when I could do with one at home.
In the old days, you just had to force a few control sequences into various
bits of software and you were away. Ah well, the *disadvantages* of
advancing technology ...
Thanks
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Kevin Jones
EMAIL:- kevin@uk.ac.man.cs.ux | Dept of Computer Science
(or maybe UUCP:- mcvax!ukc!man.cs.ux!kevin) | University of Manchester
| Oxford Road
PHONE:- (+44) 61 275 6135 | Manchester M13 9PL
------------------------------------------------------------------------------andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (03/11/89)
In article <5627@ux.cs.man.ac.uk> kevin@ux.cs.man.ac.uk (Kevin Jones) writes: >I've just managed to acquire a Sanders S700 printer - a great machine in >its day! I'm hoping to use it with my Amiga but there's an obvious problem. > >It doesn't surprise me to find that there's no driver for such a beast in >the default preference list but I have no idea what a printer driver does >on the Amiga. For all those with similar desires to write a 1.3 printer driver for the printer of their dreams (or at least the one they own) the information you need, along with sample source code to some of our drivers is available as part of the 1.3 Native Developers Update disk set, available for $20 from CATS. (those of you who sent me mail asking should receive a very similar reply shortly :-) ) Having the Rom Kernal Manuals doesn't hurt either. andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "Question of the Day : When will we get a device independent graphics standard that is fast enough to actually be useful as a window system ?" Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) (03/18/89)
In article <6204@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: >For all those with similar desires to write a 1.3 printer driver >for the printer of their dreams (or at least the one they own) >the information you need, along with sample source code to some >of our drivers is available as part of the 1.3 Native Developers >Update disk set, available for $20 from CATS. I have just ONE small problem: I have a Seikosha SL80IP printer which is said to be NEC P6 compatible. It prints nice graphic with the 1.3 NEC P6 printer driver. It's just that first it prints a zero! It must be something of the initializing sequence the printer doesn't recognize, but the all seven densities works fine. The first line gets shifted to the right buy that zero though. ANY HELP?
andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (03/21/89)
In article <4375@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: >I have just ONE small problem: I have a Seikosha SL80IP printer >which is said to be NEC P6 compatible. It prints nice graphic >with the 1.3 NEC P6 printer driver. It's just that first it prints >a zero! It must be something of the initializing sequence the >printer doesn't recognize, but the all seven densities works fine. >The first line gets shifted to the right buy that zero though. >ANY HELP? As a quick fix, you might try FILEZAP (available on a Fish disk near you) and change the offending string. I'll pass the info along to our bug database; we'll see it its a driver problem, or a Seiko isn't quite P6 problem. andy -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "The salesperson said this computer is the next best thing to sliced bread, but didn't say what to do about the crumbs in the disk drive." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) (03/21/89)
In article <4375@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: >I have just ONE small problem: I have a Seikosha SL80IP printer >which is said to be NEC P6 compatible. It prints nice graphic >with the 1.3 NEC P6 printer driver. It's just that first it prints >a zero! It must be something of the initializing sequence the >printer doesn't recognize, but the all seven densities works fine. >The first line gets shifted to the right buy that zero though. > There is no V1.3 NEC P6 printer driver (not from Commodore). If you mean the V1.3 Nec_Pinwriter driver (with over 30 drivers I HAVE to be this specific) then I may be able to help you. Listed below are the escape sequences that get sent to the printer before each graphic dump: 00-01 \003P set pitch (10 or 12 cpi) 02-02 \022 set condensed fine (on or off) 03-05 \033W\000 enlarge off 06-08 \033ln set left margin to n 09-11 \033Qn set right margin to n 12-12 \015 carriage return 13-15 \033U1 set uni-directional mode 16-18 \033r0 black text 19-20 \0330 8 lpi spacing Perhaps one of these sequences is not valid on your printer. You might be able to use NewZap to look for the sequence: "\033P\022\033W\000\033ln\033Qn\015\033U1\033r0\0330" and null out any codes which your printer does not understand. I should warn you though that the printer driver fills in fields 1, 2, 8, 11, and 15 and will overwrite any value you put there.
tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) (03/23/89)
In article <6355@cbmvax.UUCP> daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) writes: -In article <4375@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: ->I have just ONE small problem: I have a Seikosha SL80IP printer ->which is said to be NEC P6 compatible. It prints nice graphic ->with the 1.3 NEC P6 printer driver. It's just that first it prints ->a zero! It must be something of the initializing sequence the ->printer doesn't recognize, but the all seven densities works fine. ->The first line gets shifted to the right buy that zero though. -> - There is no V1.3 NEC P6 printer driver (not from Commodore). If you -mean the V1.3 Nec_Pinwriter driver (with over 30 drivers I HAVE to be this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yes, of course. - - 00-01 \003P set pitch (10 or 12 cpi) - 02-02 \022 set condensed fine (on or off) - 03-05 \033W\000 enlarge off - 06-08 \033ln set left margin to n - 09-11 \033Qn set right margin to n - 12-12 \015 carriage return - 13-15 \033U1 set uni-directional mode - 16-18 \033r0 black text ^^^^^^ I checked this one out. It's ESC, r and the ASCII char 0. - 19-20 \0330 8 lpi spacing And there's more in what I get: 21-23 \033r\000 black text again, this time with a null instead of the ASCII digit 0. 24-28 \033 etc... set graphic mode I didn't find any patch/zap program, so I couldn't try anything out, but I suspect the first occurrence of "set black text", since it's a zero that's getting printed. - - Perhaps one of these sequences is not valid on your printer. You might -be able to use NewZap to look for the sequence: - - "\033P\022\033W\000\033ln\033Qn\015\033U1\033r0\0330" - - and null out any codes which your printer does not understand. I -should warn you though that the printer driver fills in fields 1, 2, 8, 11, -and 15 and will overwrite any value you put there. Yes, I will look for a patch program to try it out. But it sure loo like it was something of the normal confusion with printer codes: "Is this zero a NULL or the digit zero? - we better make two commands each with one of them!" :-) Tommy Petersson eunet!enea!tope
daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) (03/25/89)
In article <4384@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: >In article <6355@cbmvax.UUCP> daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) writes: >-In article <4375@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: >->I have just ONE small problem: I have a Seikosha SL80IP printer >->which is said to be NEC P6 compatible. It prints nice graphic >->with the 1.3 NEC P6 printer driver. It's just that first it prints >->a zero! It must be something of the initializing sequence the >->printer doesn't recognize, but the all seven densities works fine. >->The first line gets shifted to the right buy that zero though. >-> >- There is no V1.3 NEC P6 printer driver (not from Commodore). If you >-mean the V1.3 Nec_Pinwriter driver (with over 30 drivers I HAVE to be this > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Yes, of course. >- >- 00-01 \003P set pitch (10 or 12 cpi) >- 02-02 \022 set condensed fine (on or off) >- 03-05 \033W\000 enlarge off >- 06-08 \033ln set left margin to n >- 09-11 \033Qn set right margin to n >- 12-12 \015 carriage return >- 13-15 \033U1 set uni-directional mode >- 16-18 \033r0 black text > ^^^^^^ > I checked this one out. It's ESC, r and the ASCII char 0. >- 19-20 \0330 8 lpi spacing > >And there's more in what I get: > 21-23 \033r\000 black text again, this time with a null > instead of the ASCII digit 0. > 24-28 \033 etc... set graphic mode > >I didn't find any patch/zap program, so I couldn't try anything out, but >I suspect the first occurrence of "set black text", since it's a zero >that's getting printed. >- >- Perhaps one of these sequences is not valid on your printer. You might >-be able to use NewZap to look for the sequence: >- >- "\033P\022\033W\000\033ln\033Qn\015\033U1\033r0\0330" >- >- and null out any codes which your printer does not understand. I >-should warn you though that the printer driver fills in fields 1, 2, 8, 11, >-and 15 and will overwrite any value you put there. > >Yes, I will look for a patch program to try it out. But it sure loo >like it was something of the normal confusion with printer codes: "Is >this zero a NULL or the digit zero? - we better make two commands each >with one of them!" :-) > Referring to the above... 16-18 \033r0 the 0 is an ascii zero NOT a NULL (I use \000 to represent NULL) > 21-23 \033r\000 black text again, this time with a NULL > instead of the ASCII digit 0. Whoops! Looks like you found a bonafide bug! Yuch! That first 0 should be a NULL and not an ascii 0. I guess that most Pinwriters just ignore it. Sorry.
tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) (03/27/89)
In article <6401@cbmvax.UUCP> daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) writes: -In article <4384@enea.se> tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson) writes: - -> 16-18 \033r0 the 0 is an ascii zero NOT a NULL -> (I use \000 to represent NULL) -> -> 21-23 \033r\000 black text again, this time with a NULL -> instead of the ASCII digit 0. - - Whoops! Looks like you found a bonafide bug! Yuch! That first -0 should be a NULL and not an ascii 0. I guess that most Pinwriters -just ignore it. Sorry. Well, I found a copy of DiscX and patched the driver, and it now works fine. It's a sunny day, also... Tommy Petersson eunet!enea!tope
utoddl@ecsvax.UUCP (Todd M. Lewis) (03/27/89)
While your looking at the NEC Pinwriter driver, check out density=7 w/ integer scaling. I've gotten guru #4 with both Deluxe Paint II and ProWrite. I think this means an invalid instruction. It seems to work as advertized w/ density=3. _____ | Todd M. Lewis Disclaimer: If you want my employer's ||\/| utoddl@ecsvax.uncecs.edu ideas, you'll have to || || _buy_ them. | || |___ (Never write a program bigger than your screen.)
tjf@beta.lanl.gov (Tom J Farish) (11/02/89)
Hi...I never was able to get a 24 pin printer to work with AMAX...so I bought a 9 pin and it works fine with the Mac Imagewriter driver. Now I would like to know the best AMIGA driver for a Star nx1000. Thanks for all who responded....Mac printer drivers are simply cr*p when trying to drive 24 pin printers....
fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) (11/04/89)
From article <35439@beta.lanl.gov>, by tjf@beta.lanl.gov (Tom J Farish): > fine with the Mac Imagewriter driver. Now I would > like to know the best AMIGA driver for a Star nx1000. I had real good luck with the EpsonX[CBM_MPS1250] driver. It printed graphics without a hitch. Usint Textcraft Plus it printed text fine except it didn't make type bold when I wanted. That may be a problem with the printer, the driver, or Textcraft Plus. I didn't try text with anything else. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3
scream@sun.acs.udel.edu (Darren R Amato) (04/10/90)
Can anyone tell me where I can get my hands on a Star NX-10 printer driver?
Thanks
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-caldwell_t@darwin.ntu.edu.au (08/19/90)
I am sorry if this problem has been discussed to death. I am looking (for a friend) for a printer driver. The printer is a CANNON BJ-130 printer. Does anyone know where to get one or how to roll-your-own 1.3 (and higher) driver? Thanks, Malcolm Caldwell (also at FIDDO 3:690/648.3 and 18 Todd Cres Malak DARWIN NT 0812 Australia)
mrr@mrsoft.Newport.RI.US (Mark Rinfret) (08/20/90)
Hey! Are the Amiga groups getting wierd or what? First, there was... > A few days ago, I did a RENAME operation on a file, and my > Miniscribe 71Mb HD went into never never land. The drive access > light went through a cycle of three short flickers, and one hard > on light, for about a second, repeated ad nauseum. ...then, >My left shit-key went dead and instead of buying a $120 keyboard,... ...and now, >I am sorry if this problem has been discussed to death. I am looking (for a >friend) for a printer driver. The printer is a CANNON BJ-130 printer. ... A couple of days ago, we have a guy who flickers his hard-on light. Next, someone else is complaining about their shit-key! Tonight I see someone running a lonely hearts club for printer drivers!!! Is this strange or is it me? Yeah. It must be me... Mark -- ################################################################# # Mark R. Rinfret, MRSoft Home: 401-846-7639 # # mrr@mrsoft, galaxia!mrsoft!mrr Work: 401-849-9930 x301 # #################################################################
hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) (10/13/90)
I need some help with a printer. A friend of mine has purchased a C. Itoh A10-30 daisy wheel printer. He needs to use WordPerfect but Wordperfect has no printer driver for the printer mentioned. CAn anyone tell me which other printer driver can be used instead ? Thank you. mark PS. email will be appreciated. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- hubey@pilot.njin.net | hubey@apollo.montclair.edu | ...!rutgers!njin!hubey -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
JRIDDLE%IUBACS.BITNET@uicvm.uic.edu (10/22/90)
I have a SR-5000 printer (Okidata printer with Sears' name on it.) however I
I have a SR-5000 printer (Okidata printer with Sears' name on it.) however I
I have a SR-5000 printer (Okidata printer with Sears' name on it.) however I
can't seem to find a driver for it I THINK it's a Microline 320. The face plate
is the same. I'm pretty sure it's a driver problem since I`ve tried different dr
ivers and I get differnt garbled output. The 'Generic' driver give an output lik
e this: BBCCEEGGII... when it should be ABCDEFGHI....
ANY help or suggestions will be met with many and numerous thanx!!!
James Riddle
JRIDDLE@IUBACS (BITNET)johnhlee@fulla.cs.cornell.edu (John H. Lee) (10/23/90)
In article <34211@nigel.ee.udel.edu> JRIDDLE%IUBACS.BITNET@uicvm.uic.edu writes: > I have a SR-5000 printer (Okidata printer with Sears' name on it.) however I >can't seem to find a driver for it I THINK it's a Microline 320. The face plate >is the same. I'm pretty sure it's a driver problem since I`ve tried different >drivers and I get differnt garbled output. The 'Generic' driver give an >output like this: BBCCEEGGII... when it should be ABCDEFGHI.... You didn't say, but it looks like you have a parallel printer and that bit 0 of the data the printer is getting is always zero. I think you may have a broken wire in your cable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The DiskDoctor threatens the crew! Next time on AmigaDos: The Next Generation. John Lee Internet: johnhlee@cs.cornell.edu The above opinions of those of the user, and not of this machine.
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (10/29/90)
In article <34211@nigel.ee.udel.edu> JRIDDLE%IUBACS.BITNET@uicvm.uic.edu writes: > > The 'Generic' driver give an output lik >e this: BBCCEEGGII... when it should be ABCDEFGHI.... I would strongly guess that you have a problem with either your cable or the CIA interface chip. Data bit 0 seems to be permamently zero. Check first the hardware, then the software. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
jmartin@cbnewsd.att.com (john.m.martin) (11/09/90)
I know I'm gonna get flamed for this one, but here goes........... I am looking for a printer driver for the IBM Quietwriter II. If you have such a beast, please, PLEASE send it to me, or tell me how to make one. Thanks in advance, John jmartin@ihlpy.att.com
md41@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Marcus Dolengo) (12/20/90)
Does anyone know of a printer driver creator/editor program? the ones that came with my workbench dont like my okidata 180 and apparantly ill have to custom make my own driver. can someone at least point me to an ftp site? or email one to me or whatever? Thanks in advance. The Best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec <apologies to larry philips :) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o o | Go Anyone vs. the Bills // << md41@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu >> | Buffalo's Most Wanted :-) \X/ /> <\ | X Omega P ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How long does it take an IBM service rep to change a light bulb? Depends on how many bad ones he brings with him.