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Nordeide

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May 26, 2010, 5:24:00 PM5/26/10
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Hi, folks!

I use WinApe as my CPC emulator. I know that I can redirect printer
output to a text file or a printer.

But how can I print a file with Epson escape codes on a Windows
printer?
Is there an Epson FX-80 emulator or something out there?

Any help would be appreciated!

Best regards,

Nordeide

IOBA

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May 26, 2010, 7:19:14 PM5/26/10
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"Nordeide" <rolf.n...@gmail.com> a �crit dans le message de news:
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In XP...
Install the Epson driver (9 needles printer) then choose "print in a file".
The best if you can is to connect a real Epson printer : My old Amstrad
DMP3160 works very fine with XP

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IOBA


Nordeide

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May 27, 2010, 12:31:08 PM5/27/10
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> In XP...
> Install the Epson driver (9 needles printer) then choose "print in a file".
> The best if you can is to connect a real Epson printer :  My old Amstrad
> DMP3160 works very fine with XP
>
> --
> IOBA

Hi, and thanks for your reply!

The problem is that I do not have an Epson printer. I have an HP
LaserJet 4000n connected to a network and a Canon Pixma iP4500
connected via USB.
If I print to a file as you describe, it will only be readable for an
Epson printer.

Is there a way to convert the Epson printer file to something that
other printers can understand?

Bet regards,

Nordeide.

Prai Jei

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May 27, 2010, 1:31:24 PM5/27/10
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Nordeide set the following eddies spiralling through the space-time
continuum:

Try DOSPRN - http://www.dosprn.com - which takes the output from a specified
file, assumed to be printer output, and reinterprets it for a Windows
printer.
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John Elliott

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May 27, 2010, 4:22:51 PM5/27/10
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Nordeide <rolf.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
: I use WinApe as my CPC emulator. I know that I can redirect printer

: output to a text file or a printer.

: But how can I print a file with Epson escape codes on a Windows
: printer?
: Is there an Epson FX-80 emulator or something out there?

JOYCE, sort of. It emulates the PCW dot-matrix printer, which emulates an
Epson 9-pin printer.

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John Elliott

Thinks: This is what a nice clean life leads to. Hmm, why did I ever lead one?
-- Bluebottle, in the Goon Show

Matthew Phillips

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May 28, 2010, 3:06:30 AM5/28/10
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on 27 May 2010 Nordeide wrote:

> The problem is that I do not have an Epson printer. I have an HP LaserJet
> 4000n connected to a network and a Canon Pixma iP4500 connected via USB. If
> I print to a file as you describe, it will only be readable for an Epson
> printer.
>
> Is there a way to convert the Epson printer file to something that
> other printers can understand?

This is not for XP, or even Windows, but under RISC OS you can use FX80Emul
from my web site: http://sinenomine.co.uk/software/

If you want a really comvoluted solution, run a RISC OS emulator like RPCEmu
or VirtualAcorn, and use FX80Emul to print from the RISC OS emulator to your
Windows printer! (If your printer is supported by RISC OS, of course).

--
Matthew Phillips
Dundee

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