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Panasonic 9-pin Printer Driver
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Who?
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⌐ 1991 Charles Rentmeesters
Much thanks to Symantec for providing such a wonderful C compiler
and environment for the Macintosh. And thanks of course to Apple
Computer for producing such a good computer.
What?
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"Chuck's Printer Driver" is a printer driver -- chooser device for
using Panasonic 9-pin printers (and compatables) with your Macintosh
computer. It has been tested on a Macintosh SE (systems 5.0 through
6.0.7, English and Kanji versions), with a Panasonic KX-P1080i
printer. It prints in Text (draft or NLQ) mode and Graphics (Low,
Medium, and High) modes. It is FreeWare, I do not expect any money,
but it would be nice to hear what you think of it, and what I should
add.
How?
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You can use the printer driver by dropping it into your system
folder, and selecting it from the chooser desk accessory. You should
also take time to choose the set-up option in chooser so that the
printer driver knows how to access your printer.
Where?
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I can mostlikely be reached by internet e-mail to
roach@khan.cs.wisc.edu, I read this mail approximately once a day,
and will respond via internet e-mail usually within a day. I can
also be reached my US mail:
Charles Rentmeesters
410 North Carroll St
Madison, WI 53703
Why?
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After receiving the 9-pin Grappler interface, and being disappointed
in the way that it handled things, I decided to write my own printer
driver in software. A software version would have more options and
control over the original printer, where the Grappler only used the
Imagewriter driver and did conversion in hardware. I thought this
was a tremendous kludge. Yes, Apple Computer doesn't really support
people writing their own printer drivers, but since they didn't
provide a good selection of printer drivers, it's up to us
programmers.
When?
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Version 0.1 is available now. New versions will be released when
I receive enough feedback to release a new version.