Re: Printing from vDos-lfn

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Carl and Harry,

I would like to add that the main difference of PCL and PS solutions is
the availability of the linedraw characters. With PCL Courier you can
print those, whereas PS does not have them, only foreign characters of
the upper ASCII range. If you need true CP 437 support, PCL is the way
to go.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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12.9.2016, 7:03, Carl Distefano wrote:

Reply to note from Harry Binswanger  Sun, 11 Sep 2016
22:36:12 -0400

Harry,


Using vDos-lfn with LPT1=/SEL, I can print to my wireless HP
multifunction Laser Printer, but what comes out is the code for
the PCL 12345X@PJL ENTER LANGUAGE = PCL etc.


With LPT1=/SEL, you're sending a command switch to DOSPrinter, which
requires an Epson printer driver. This is one option. A better option,
IMHO, is to comment out the LPT1 directive and load a PostScript driver
such as POSTGHST.PRN or, alternatively, a Xy4 HP printer file. With
either driver, when the printer data is sent to LPT1, vDos-lfn
intercepts it and formats it as a PDF, which is opened (as #LPT1.pdf)
in the default PDF application -- no LPT1 directive needed. With a PS
driver, you get PS fonts. With an HP driver, you have the Xy4 Speedo
fonts at your disposal, some of which are quite useful also (see
http://users.datarealm.com/ammaze/xy/speedos.pdf). No need to choose;
try both.