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Epson Emulator
by Bob Foley
Copyright(c) 1990-91, Pliable Products
P.O. Box 1245, Folsom, CA 95630
(916) 988-8556
The Epson Emulator is a memory-resident program designed to mimic
the standard Epson printer commands on an HP LaserJet printer. It
enables you to use "Epson Only" software on your LaserJet printer.
The main problem is that the "compressed" types on the Epson and HP
printers incompatible. Epson's compressed type is 17.1 characters-
per-inch, while HP's compressed type is 16.66 CPI. This may not
seem like a large difference, but consider a "fill in the box" pre-
printed form that needs to use compressed type. The Epson printer
fills in all of the boxes fine, but the HP printer will miss the
boxes by as much as 1/4 of an inch!
The Epson Emulator not only cures this problem, but it adds the
ability to emulate any other Epson type size as well - without
additional fonts! Epson Emulator can handle 5, 6, 10, 12, 17.1, and
20 pitch using the LaserJet's built-in fonts.
Once Epson Emulator is loaded in your computer's memory, your
LaserJet will appear to be an Epson printer. You can run any
program that uses Epson print sizes on your LaserJet!
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This is a "share-ware" program. That means that you can give the
program to anyone you like (or don't like) as long as the
documentation (this document) accompanies the program wherever it
goes.
If you find Epson Emulator to be of use, please register your copy
by sending $15 to the above address. Your name will be registered
to receive updates as they occur. Epson Emulator may not be used in
a commercial or business environment without being registered!
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This program represents a substantial time investment on the part
of its author and your registration fee will help keep the afford-
able programs coming. The share-ware system is a great alternative
to over-priced commercial software. The system only works when
people register the software that they use. Thank you.
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To install the Epson Emulator program in memory, type:
emul8
on the command line and press return. Once the program is
installed, it takes about 18,000 bytes of memory. You can now run
any program that would normally expect an Epson-compatible printer
to be connected to the computer with your HP LaserJet. EMUL8 can
handle most Epson command sequences including compressed, elite,
compressed-elite, etc. IT CANNOT HANDLE GRAPHICS (yet).
To un-load (remove from memory) the Epson Emulator program type:
emul8 -u
This command will clear the Epson Emulator completely from memory.
It will no longer take a single byte of memory.
If you have any problems or if you find some sequences that don't
seem to work on the LaserJet, please call. Don't forget to register
your copy of Epson Emulator (see above).
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