Imagewriter II with MS-DOS?
Adam Wilcox
A few weeks ago I purchased a PC from a business that was upgrading their
computers. Until that time, I had used a Mac, with an Imagewriter II printer.
I
am trying to get the Imagewriter to work on my PC, but I need some help. I thin
k
I have the proper cables (pretty sure), but I can't find any driver software to
get it to work. What will work, and if so, do I need to change the DIP settings
on the Imagewriter? Where can I get a driver?
I know there are some people who have done this sort of a hookup before, but I
can't as of yet seem to find anyone to help me figure it out. Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
Adam Wilcox
awi...@mail.physics.utah.edu
The Scree
flow control to software flow control. Hopefully you have the ImageWriter
II's owner's manual to know which DIP switch it is. If not, I can look it
up for you (manual not handy here at the moment).
As for a driver for the ImageWriter II, it depends with what you want to
use the printer. For Windows, you can use the C. Itoh 8510 driver that's
included with Windows (or the Generic / Text Only driver), or a much
better shareware C. Itoh driver that supports the ImageWriter's best print
resolution (I can also send you that if you can't find it anywhere).
Some DOS programs have real ImageWriter drivers available, such as
Microsoft Word, PC-Write, The Print Shop, etc. Otherwise, try the C. Itoh
8510 driver if available, and if not you're stuck with using the text-only
ascii driver.
From DOS itself, you can set up the printer with a MODE command (9600
baud, 8, N, 1), and also redirect LPT1 output to the COM port the
ImageWriter is connected to. Then you can use it with things like EDIT
that don't let you select printer ports.
Hope this helps a bit.
Eugen Woiwod
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Hey AOLer, this group is for 4DOS(the command.com replacement) so go post
somewhere else.
Ttul
Prowler
Ya know, it seems to me, that since he was dealing with the MODE command, and
MODE is definately a 4DOS command, his post was perfectly valid here. Simmer
down. Wake up with diaper rash this morning?
Silverlake Computer Services Public Access BBS - (619) 224-1264
Eugen Woiwod
(Prowler) writes:
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> Posted: 08 Jan 95 23:44:42 PST
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> Re: Re: Imagewriter II with MS-DOS?
>
> > Hey AOLer, this group is for 4DOS(the command.com replacement) so go
> post
> > somewhere else.
>
> Ya know, it seems to me, that since he was dealing with the MODE command,
> and
> MODE is definately a 4DOS command, his post was perfectly valid here.
> Simmer
> down. Wake up with diaper rash this morning?
No, did you wake up with a big mouth, or have you always had a big mouth :)
Ttul
Prowler
How can I respond in the glow of such intelligence? Oh gee, I don't know.
Sandor Rabe
>Re: Re: Imagewriter II with MS-DOS?
[snip]
>Ya know, it seems to me, that since he was dealing with the MODE command, and
>MODE is definately a 4DOS command, his post was perfectly valid here. Simmer
>down. Wake up with diaper rash this morning?
>
MODE.COM comes standard with ms-dos. It's an external prog.
How come you think it's internal 4dos? I've got v. 5.5 rev. c
and unless JB suddenly decided to remove it ... Ceck your
help-file... Yes it *does* show up in the screen when you press
F1 but ... ooops! :) Never mind.
Hey check out my prompt:
Prompt $e[2;36m;%%_SHELL]$e[0;1;36m[%%@UPPER[%%@
INSTR[0,1,%%@LABEL[%%_DISK]]]%%@LOWER[%%@
INSTR[1,%%@EVAL[%%@LEN[%%@LABEL[%%_DISK]]
]:%%_CWPS]$e[0;37m$_#
No, it's not uuencoded :) Just remove all the cr/lf (no blanks)
You need an ANSI-driver to ...
Grtzzzzzz Sandor
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