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- From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel)
- Subject: Re: Mac programming problem
- References: <joel.712326550@vincent1.iastate.edu> <D88-JWA.92Jul28211708@dront.nada.kth.se>
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- Organization: {not speaking for the} University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 21:55:38 GMT
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- d88-jwa@dront.nada.kth.se (Jon W{tte) writes:
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- > joel@iastate.edu (Joel A Rybolt) writes: [text rewrapped]
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- > > My other problem involves printing. I wold like to bypass messing
- > > with the print manager and instead get a "direct connectin". I want to
- > > send it some ESC codes (15cpi, 8lines per inch, ect..). Then just
- > > dump my charecter to it instead of the screen.
-
- > You can't. Really. Instead, ask for 72 dpi resolution, and calculate
- > your MoveTos and DrawTexts to place stuff where you want it.
-
- Actually, you can. You just don't want to, it's easier to use the
- Print Manager than to send the commands yourself, but if you don't
- mind sacraficing portability, you can use the serial manager to
- write to the printer port. Some compilers let you address the printer
- as a file, also.
- --
- Thomas Aaron Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu)
- I speak for myself, and not for the State or University of Illinois.
- "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty." -- Edward R. Murrow
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