Date   : Wed, 24 Nov 2004 21:15:36 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Andrew W <a.weston2@...>
Subject: Re: Printers

In <URL:news:local.misc> on Wed 24 Nov, Christopher Dewhurst CCARE Panel
Clerk wrote:

> Do printers still have a plain text mode, using the printer's built-in
> font(s)? A while back I tried printing to a file from a simple Edit document
> on my RiscPC - having the necessary printer driver installed for RISC OS, of
> course - then examining a hex dump of the file to see if I could work out
> what sequence of bytes does what to the printer. The aim of the exercise
> being that I might then send the same codes from the BBC. I'll have to
> revisit this project as I remember seeing &1B (Esc) crop up quite often, as
> though the principal of "Escape codes" is still used in some form or
> another.

If you worked out how to drive the printer however, how do you go about
connecting it?

regards,


A.Weston
-- 
Staffordshire, UK of GB&NI.