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(c) 1991
Wolf Faust
Am Dorfgarten 10
W-6000 Frankfurt 50
Germany
voice ++49-69-5486556 (GMT)
Fido 2:243/43.5 (Wild Cat: ++49-6173-2544 HST,V.32bis)
UUCP:cbmvax.commodore.com!cbmehq!cbmger!venus!wfaust
Author's request
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The entire driver package may be noncommercially redistributed,
provided that the package is always distributed in its complete
form. A small copy fee for media costs is allowed but any kind of
commercial distribution is strictly forbidden!
The author and any other distributor takes no responsibility for
the consequences of its use.
This driver package is shareware. You may feel free to use it
without any charge. Anyway I ask you to donate some bucks (10$,
that's 2,3% of my income as student ;-). There is much room left
for further speed improvements, but without your support there may
be no future revisions! So it's on you!
You can allways get the latest version for free through the above
given FIDO/UUCP addresses or send me a selfaddressed letter and
$10.
Files you must get with this readme:
PanasonicPlus.020 - 68020/68030 Driver
PanasonicPlus - 68000/68010 Driver
Readme - This textfile
Readme.first - List of printers supported
Test.lzh - script&pitcures for testing
History
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04.03.91 Version 35 Rev 4
Description:
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This driver is intended for all those Panasonic/EpsonLQ compatible
dot matrix printers out there. The driver is up to 2000% faster
compared to the commodore EpsonQ driver and supports more graphic
modes (see below for additional features).
PanasonicPlus (24-pin Epson compatible)
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1. Dot matrix b&w/color printer (text and graphics).
2. Drives all EpsonQ/EpsonQ+ compatible printers.
3. Linefeeds # of vertical dots printed.
4. Density XDPI YDPI XYDPI Comments
1 90 180 16200
2 120 180 21600
3 180 180 32400
4 120 360 43200 two pass
5 180 360 64800 two pass
6 360 180 64800 *1
7 360 360 129600 two pass *1
5. A PaperSize of 'Wide Tractor' selects a maximum print width of
13.6 inches (for wide carriage printers).
6. A papertype of 'SINGLE' ejects the sheet with a formfeed after every
dump. This enables Epsons sheet cutting feature. Formfeed
after a graphic dump is send according to the SPECIAL_NOFORMFEED flag.
Improvements added (compared to EpsonQ)
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1. The old PaperType function has been removed for a sheet
cutting feature. No more 16pins support ! 24pins should be
mastered by modern printers, specially in 360*360DPI mode...
Selecting SINGLE in preferences ejects the sheet after using
the printer. This enables cutting sheet features.
2. Support of more graphic resolutions (360 YDPI) !
3. The driver has been speeded up. Now it's much faster than
a standard WB driver.
4. Extra driver with support for 68020/30 should be included with
this package.
5. There is now support for selecting different typefaces. Due
to the extended character translation table, the character set
selection commands (aFNT0 - aFNT10) are no longer really needed.
The following fonts are yet supported (some only with additional
cartridges):
aFNT Code Star Epson Panasonic Seikosha
0 - ESC(B - Courier - Roman - Bold PS - S. Roman
1 - ESC(R - opt.typeface - Sans Serif - Sans Serif - S. Helv.
2 - ESC(K - Prestige - Courier - Courier - Courier 10
3 - ESC(A - Orator - Prestige - Prestige - Prest.Elite
4 - ESC(E - Script - Script - Script - Script
5 - ESC(H - - OCR-B - - OCR-B
6 - ESC(Y - - OCR-A - - OCR-A
7 - ESC(Z - - Orator - - Gothic 12
8 - ESC(J - - Orator S - - Orator
9 - ESC(6 - - - -
10 - ESC(C - - - -
(PS: Excellence users watch out! These commands cause sleepless
nights ;-)
6. Timeout is now set according to the preference settings. In
case something is wrong with your printer you sooner get a
requester. This enables you to cancel a print request more
quickly. How "timeout" is calculated:
b&w or grey + 180YDPI = 20 seconds
b&w or grey + 360YDPI = 40 seconds
color + 180YDPI = 30 seconds
color + 360YDPI = 60 seconds
Commo's EpsonQ driver = allways 30 seconds
7. The printer driver now uses the 24 pin modus for 90XDPI and
120XDPI graphic printings. This results in a better quality
and a faster graphic dump.
8. The driver now uses ESC-$ (abs. horiz. position) to advance
the printerhead over white areas while doing graphic dumps.
Please note: this method might not be suitable to your printer and
in case your printer gets ugly slow: this is not your driver (contact me!).
Use the "test" script to find out if your printer handles ESC-$ right
with this driver.
The Panasonic KX-P1124 is one of those printers, which handle
ESC-$ a bit different to those new printers from
Epson/Citizen/Seikosha/Nec. To avoid a loss in speed for this
printer, I made this extra driver which uses ESC-$ a bit differently
compared to the EpsonQPlus and Star24Plus driver.
ESC-$ is used:
a.) the white area is greater than 2inch and you're doing
360XDPI graphic dumps
b.) it's the white left border
c.) ESC-$ is used wherever possible while doing <360XDPI graphic dumps.
Special things to note
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After my first release of an EpsonLQ compatible printer driver I got
many letters from people asking for an unsupported printer driver.
Please:
1. include some money if you wan't to get answered. Postage takes a
major part of my income (as student I have no real income :-( )
2. in case you found a bug: please give me a full description or
better: an example image/printout. In most cases I can't verify
your statements without an example!
3. if you wan't some improvements or you have wishes: drop me a note,
4. if you don't have a driver for your printer or your driver
doesn't fully support your printer: drop me a note with a
description of your printer and maybe I'll do this for you...
(if you don't want to wait for an answer: send me a copy of
your manual. But remember: there is no guarantee I'll do the job!)
requester asking you to check your printer cable. In this case
5. please note: this driver is specialy written for Panasonic
printers. Some other printers maybe compatible with the Pansonic (Epson)
commands, but differ in speed. Because of this, there might be a
requester asking you to check your printer cable. In this case
you can ignore the requester by pressing "Resume".
Notes
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*1 - in this mode most printers cannot print two consecutive dots in a row.
It is recommended that you only use this density for B&W Shade dumps.
-- english is not my native language, so don't call me names... --