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- From: wfaust@venus.adsp.sub.org (Wolf Faust)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Panasonic printer drivers and Compugraphic output
- Message-ID: <wfaust.090u@venus.adsp.sub.org>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 08:57:51 GMT
- References: <talan.07kg@tension.UUCP>
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- In article <talan.07kg@tension.UUCP> talan@tension.UUCP (Dave Bicking) writes:
- > I'm trying to get Compugraphic font output from Prowrite 3.2.2 to print
- >to a Panasonic KXP-4450 (laser printer). The problem is, I don't have any
- >panasonic driver, and no-one I can find knows where to get one.
-
- Got a letter from ZCL (major Panasonic distributor in the UK).
- They are thinking about making a special driver for the Panasonic
- lasers/dot matrix printers and asked me to write one. So maybe
- here is something to look at. But don't be to optimistic.... to
- often I get such letters without further action... (the reason
- for this is surely not the money I ask for making a driver ;-)
-
- >Presumably, this would then dump my output to the laser printer. I've
- >tried this with the EpsonQ, X, and Xold drivers (Panasonic is supposed to be
- >epson compatible) but I only get numeric garbage on the print-out.
-
- ???? I allways thought the Panasonic lasers are PCL compatibel?
- According to my printer list, the KXP 4430, 4451, 4455 is Laserjet
- II or III compatibel. Because of this, you should be able to use
- the Laserjet driver on the Workbench disk or get the commercial
- Studio printer package (wich includes a PCL3 and PCL5 driver with
- lot's of features).
-
- > Perhaps what I'm trying to do is impossible, somebody enlighten me
- >please. If anybody has _any_ panasonic drivers, please UUencode them and Email
- >it to me (I don't get to see the list often, so all replies should be email).
-
- Impossibel. You mail address is unknown and that's why I posted
- here...
-
- > My next querry is this: Can somebody direct me to a GOOD (ie: working)
- >font conversion utility that will convert other compugraphic formats to
- >AmigaDos 2.0 format (why the proprietary difference, eh, C=? I know it must be
- >a good reason). Postscript to Compugraphic, and Compugraphic to postscript. I
- >really need fonts, and there just aren't any good Amiga-compatible
- >compugraphics out there *sigh*.
-
- No doubt: What you are looking for is FontDesigner from BSC.
- Though, I haven't heard about an english version yet... but I'm
- sure there will be an english version sooner or later...
-
- >Dave
-
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