Conference hydra::amiga_v1

2180.0. "Patch to make NX1000 Driver" by DPDMAI::ANDERSONA () Tue Jan 31 1989 20:15

     
    
     I downloaded the following this weekend.  I used it and it works for me.
     The archieve I downloaded had a patched version of the driver.  But my
     captive account will not allow me to upload it.

     Using NewZap I found the patch locations as follows:
     
     1B45 at Sector 2 cursor position 1F4 1F5  change to 1B47
     1B46 at Sector 2 cursor position 1F8 1F9  change to 1B48


     Happy Printing
     Alan
     
     
     

     The rest of the Note is as Timothy Metz's ReadMe!! file.
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     Fixed EpsonX[CBM_MPS-1250] Driver, now Renamed EpsonX[NX-1000]

     What was the problem ??

     The problem was with boldfacing in NLQ mode, the driver would send an
     ESC E (to start) and an ESC F (to end) to toggle boldfacing. These codes
     are actually named Emphasized and Cancel Emphasized, which only work in
     draft mode. The ESC E would cause draft characters to be emphasized by
     thickening vertical strokes, which is fine for draft but won't work in NLQ.
     The proper commands (which work in both draft and NLQ) are ESC G
     (Double Strike) and ESC H (Cancel Double Strike). Double Strike bolds by
     thickening the horizontal strokes which is more pleasing to the eye than
     the Emphasized method.

     How did I do it ??

     I used FileZap to search for an occurrence of 1B 45 and 1B 46 (Hex codes
     for toggling Emphasize), 1B is Hex for ESC. I then replaced them with 1B 47
     and 1B 48 (Hex codes for toggling Double Strike).


     If you try this yourself keep in mind that the codes will be next to each
     other since they are related, therefore if you find 1B 45 in one place and
     1B 46 in the other end of the driver you are doing something wrong.
 
     If you want to see the Star NX-1000 in its prime, do the following:

     Go into preferences and select change printer, then graphic 2. Now turn
     the smoothing on and select a density of 6 or 7 (they are equal). Save your
     changes and run a Word Processor such as Excellence or NotePad, a Desktop
     Publisher will also do, such as PageSetter. Now print some text in multiple
     fonts. The print head should be making three passes per line and the typical
     dot matrix look will be gone and a sharp, crisp printout will be present !!
     


          Any comments can be directed to:

                    Timothy Metz
                    7009-B Libby Ct.
                    Ft Stewart, Ga. 31313