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Well here is my latest attempt to create the ultimate
configuration file for the Silver-Reed EXP500 Daisy Wheel
printer (Diablo compatible). The following are the features
I was able to get working.
[1] Underlining.
[2] Bold Face (simple overstrike).
[3] 10, 12, 15, and 17 pitch (17 is the optional one and a
joke).
[4] 6 or 8 Line Per Inch control.
[5] Superscript and Subscript.
[6] User Command 1 - Ring Bell (I was bored ok?)
[7] User Command 2 - Print Extended character 1 (depends on
the wheel).
[8] User Command 3 - Print Extended character 2.
I left the forth user command alone as can see no use in
playing around with graphics mode on a daisy wheel printer.
In addition I could not get the microspacing to work. It
should be possible via the Horizontal Motion Index but I
still don't have the hang of setting up microspacing yet.
As a final note, to use all these fancy features you must
run the printer with auto CR/LF disabled and in Serial
mode. Don't worry it's still a parallel printer, it just
processes the data serialy. The price you pay is loss of
buffering and Bi-Directional printing. Oh well the price we
pay for quality text output. If anyone figures out how to
use microspacing, EASYPLEX me the info, I'd love to utilize
it.
Dan Rhea
71777,2337
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