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1995-01-26
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I own a LaserMaster TrueTech AFM printer. I was aggravated to discover
that LaserMaster had not modified the OS/2 drivers after OS/2 v2.0. So
I discovered my own way to get them working under OS/2 2.1 and now
Warp. Warp requires that you edit your CONFIG.SYS so read below!
First you must install any printer that uses the postscript driver.
The install and download program refuse to work because they see that the
version of OS/2 is not 2.0. The way to fix this is to edit the "OS2VER"
file in the root directory of your OS/2 drive.
Add the following lines to the end of this file.
20=TTLOAD2.EXE
20=INSTALL.EXE
After doing this you can use the OS/2 installer and downloader programs
from the latest LaserMaster utilities. After installing them, remove the
"20=INSTALL.EXE" line from the OS2VER file.
If you prefer to do it the "Macho Way" like I do, I have enclosed the
text to add to your STARTUP.CMD file. Be careful not to accidently
download the code twice in the same session, this will usually cause
the LM1000 to lock up.
Also, since the DOS and Windows LM files are the same, it consumes less
disk space if you use the existing files in your T2\SYSTEM directory.
Add this code to your STARTUP.CMD file
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
d: <drive where DOS LM files are stored
cd \t2\system <this is directory the files are usually in
copy lmucode.t2 /b lpt1 <Copy the appropriate initialization files
copy vmimag35.t2 /b lpt1 <you can use vmimag01.t2 or vmimg13.t2 instead
copy romfonts.dl /b lpt1 <last file need for initialization
The order of these files is important!
OS/2 Warp 3
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
You need to add the /IRQ parm to the end of the printer driver line as
follows.
Original line: BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS
Modified line: BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS /IRQ
^^^^
After doing this, you must shut down and restart. By the way, if your
printer ever locks up, you must do a complete power down to reset it.
A '3 finger salute' or Reset will not cut it!
Well, it's that easy! Works perfect for me and all DOS and Windoze
sessions work perfectly and fast at that!
If you need help or would simply like to thank me for the hours I
spent figuring this out for you <smirk> drop me a line!
Richard Flathmann, computer deZines
richard.flathmann@swcbbs.com or the OS/2 Shareware BBS
607-293-8155