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Started by Glenn Brown
Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:08
NXDotMtxDriver: Useful? If so, help me!
Author: Glenn Brown
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:08
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:08
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I wouldn't be suprised if noone outside NeXT can answer the questions below (and they won't talk to me since I'm a lowly doctoral student =-P ) so I will open with a question that everyone can appreciate: Is the NXDotMtxDriver useful? Is this a serious attempt at providing general dot matrix support, or did it end up labotomized in order to get NS3.0 out the door? NeXT promised dot matrix support under 3.0, but did Adobe pressure NeXT to pull in the reigns on the NXDotMtxDriver so they would lose less of their outrageous PostScript printer royalties to _cheap_ 300dpi inkjet printers? _Now_for_the_technical_questions_ First, is there any documentation for the .pmdb files or for any aspect of the NXDotMtxDriver in general? I've been hacking at the default .ppd (postscript printer description) and .pmdb (print manager data base) for the supported dot matrix printers trying to get them to work with my 150dpi dot matrix printer. (I got the PostScript Printer File Format Description v4.0 from Adobe, and (Suprise!) it doesn't answer the questions below: ) I ALMOST succeeded: I can print the test page in Print Manager EXCEPT the bit ordering within bytes of the graphics is wrong: Each strip of 8 pixels is fliped vertically. Is there a way to reverse the bit ordering in any of the printer setup files? Also, my printer assumes that graphic strip lengths are sent to it as a 4 digit ASCII number, rather than a binary encoded length. Finally, My printer has no no direct vertical positioning feature (though it does support forward and reverse linefeeds). Is there any way to specify this so prserver doesn't try to use that feature?
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