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In article <3117@ece-csc.UUCP> mark@ece-csc.UUCP (Mark Lanzo) writes:

>My last question is not about the driver per se, but is simply a request for
>opinions on how to handle certain sequences:
>
>The P1340 unfortunately is not very smart in regards to different character
>sets et al.  It's a 24 pin printer which prints very nicely, particularly
>when put into NLQ mode.  However, it does not have italics or boldface, 
>although it does have underlining.  The question is: how should I treat
>requests for italics and other special fonts?  My current solution is to
>treat any request for italics/boldface/shadow-print/etc as a single 
>"standout" mode.  If I am in draft-mode (non NLQ), I turn on NLQ mode,
>which causes the text in "standout" mode to print as darker and more
>distinct than the surrounding text.  When all "standout" attributes are turned
>off, I switch back to draft mode.  If I'm already in NLQ mode,
>there's nothing much I can do, so I just ignore the requests.  I can't say
>that I really like this arrangement, but I don't have any better ideas.
>Suggestions?

	Yes, you can simply overwrite the line... a double pass on the chars
you want in boldface will make them darker whether your in LQ or not.  In
terms of italics.. the standard convention for printers that do not have 
italics is to underline them instead... however, make sure you treat it as
a separate mode, so if the user does 'italics on, underline on, underline off',
following text will still be italics (underlined). until an 'italics off'.

						-Matt