sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) (09/20/88)
Yes,I'd like to know if some fellow ST user who has a Star Micronics SG-10 printer has been able to change the character set for the Near Letter Quality (NLQ) mode. I'm not even sure if it's possible. I have some config programs and drivers for the printer,but none to change the char set. Any help? Thanks in advance. -- / / |\ | / / | / : Marty Saletta @ Fredonia,NY---------- / __ /__ | \| /__ / | / : Atari ST,New York Yankees,bloody Who, \ / \ | | \ \ | \ : Toronto Maple Leafs,Pink Floyd,Fripp, \/ \ | | \ / | / : ELP,Yes,CZ-1,Mad Max,and hi Lorie!!!
leo@philmds.UUCP (Leo de Wit) (09/20/88)
In article <1103@fredonia.UUCP> sale5312@fredonia.UUCP (Marty Saletta) writes: > Yes,I'd like to know if some fellow ST user who has a Star Micronics > SG-10 printer has been able to change the character set for the Near > Letter Quality (NLQ) mode. I'm not even sure if it's possible. I have > some config programs and drivers for the printer,but none to change the > char set. Any help? Thanks in advance. A while ago I posted a NLQPS (Near Letter Quality & Proportional Spacing) program to one of the comp.{binaries,sources}.atari.st newsgroups. It works very well (if I may say so myself 8-) with my old Star Gemini 10X printer, which doesn't have an NLQ mode. It does a double scan of each text line in graphics mode with a very tiny linefeed inbetween (1/144 inch). The PS option can be turned off (e.g. for listings, tables). An older version had the capability to load the characterset used dynamically from a file. I removed that option, thinking that there would be no interest. If you (and perhaps some other people too) would like that, I can add back that option. In that case there has to be added a font editor too so you can easily define a new NLQ font. Ah, perhaps a two phase project... Leo. P.S. To be able to use the NLQPS program, you must have a printer that can do double density graphics, and linefeeds of half a dot distance (1/144 inch), but I think today most printers can do that.