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The printer selection <PARAMTRS> are for the map <MAP_EM> only. Regular text
should output to any printer. The printer port is set with <PTRPORT>.
The map is printed using bit-mapped (bit image) graphics. This is controlled
from the software with what are called "Escape Codes". These are non-printing
characters which effect the microprocessor in your printer.
I have two printers with which to experiment. The first is a Seikosha SP-1000A
9-pin printer left over from the haydays of the Apple II. Since Epson is a
Division of Seiko (or is it the other way?), I presume that the same codes will
work on any Epson 9-pin printer. I also wrote an alternate 9-pin printer
driver which uses less esoteric commands. But try the Seikosha routine first.
My new Panasonic KX-P2124 24-pin printer seems to have no native mode. It can
emulate Epson LQ-860 or IBM Proprinter X24E (with or without Alternate Graphic
Mode). Again, there is a simplified command set which might work better on
other 24-pin printers. Try them all. File 1SQUARE1.PLT should plot square.
To support your printer, I need to know the escape command codes for the bit
mapped or bit image graphics. This is NOT the "graphics" mode which prints the
hiASCII characters like ╔═╬═╝ or α²Ω¡. Also I will need the codes to set line
feed to n/60 or n/72 inch, initialize, and set form feed to n inches. This
information should be in your owner/operator manual.
Access to the entire text files is thru <CONTENTS>.