cramer@optilink.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) (06/14/88)
Niche Marketing has been publishing an Epson MX-80 to PostScript translation
filter for PC-DOS for some time now, called EPSONSIM. (Epson America has
taken offense to our use of the word "Epson", so the product is now
ESIM. We are most embarrassed at the unthinking use of someone else's
trademark). Unfortunately, being a filter, it was a little clumsy to use.
We now have a TSR version that intercepts outgoing printer commands and
transparently translates Epson MX-80 control codes to PostScript. If you
have a PostScript printer with a parallel printer interface, you can use our
product to simulate an Epson MX-80 on a PostScript printer. This is
useful for products like Lotus 1-2-3, dBASE III, and DOS that do not
support PostScript.
Other changes we've made over previous releases include: faster and much
more readable graphic modes; corrections to some tab expansion bugs;
corrections to some of the more esoteric line feed control sequences.
The filter version has all these bug fixes as well, and includes both
DTR and XON/XOFF serial I/O support.
The TSR version also provides printer redirection capabilities so you can,
for example, attach your PostScript printer to LPT1, and continue to use
LPT1 for those applications that know PostScript, and redirect output
sent to LPT2 through the Epson translator before sending it to LPT1. This
makes it possible to have applications that only know the Epson MX-80
print to LPT2, while retaining normal PostScript operation on LPT1.
ESIM, including the TSR version, can be purchased for $75 from:
Niche Marketing
7198 Camino Colegio
Rohnert Park, CA 94928
(707) 795-7342
California residents please include 6% sales tax. Shipments outside of
the USA add $5 for customs declarations. Shipments within the USA are
sent first class mail at no extra charge.
Current customers of Niche Marketing should have received upgrade information
by physical mail.