| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Hi there,
I have the age old problem (no not that one!) of having an A500
and an La50 but no printer driver!I know what you're probably thinking,
buy a new printer,but as I'm a scot,I want to give the la50 a chance!
What I need is a driver on a 3.5 disk,and some instructions on
installation.I'm new to the amiga,so you'll have to be gentle
with me!
If anyone has one that they can mail to me,I'd appreciate it.
thanks.
Sean Cassidy, (bso)
customer services,
500 park av.
AZTEC WEST
ALMONDSBURY,
BRISTOL.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5371.1 | Not on WB 1.3 | BOUTYE::MULLAN | Mon Jan 27 1992 09:23 | 24 | |
Sean,
I'm also in the same boat. As far as I know there is an LA50 driver
for Workbench 1.2 but it doesn't work with 1.3. I have a copy of
MYLA50.ARC at home and have had no luck yet getting it to work under
1.3.
Last week I ordered Printer Driver Generator, a PD program for
generating your own driver for one-off printers by entering what
happens versus the ASCII code generated - e.g. 101 prints A, 102 prints
B, 103 is a line feed, etc.
I haven't had time to try it out yet, and I am still looking for an
LA50 Programmers Reference Manual with all the ASCII code. PDG is
available from any of the PD Libraries, I use Blitterchips, 99p per
disk.
Alternatively try to get hold of an LA70 or 75 which should have a
driver available on the net.
Hope this helps,
Gerry.
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| 5371.2 | Codes are available if you need them | CSC32::T_HUTCHIN | Wed Jan 29 1992 10:32 | 9 | |
Gerry
I should have an LA50 Programmer's Manual at home somewhere.
I can't give you the manual but I could probably make the
codes available if you still need them.
Terry
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| 5371.3 | Does this help? | EICMFG::AJK | Anton J. Kuchelmeister, @UFC | Thu Jan 30 1992 04:50 | 15 |
Not sure about what .1 really needs... however, from the LA50 Printer
Programmer Reference Manual:
... processes character in accordance with ANSI X3.4-1977
... uses escape sequences standardized by ANSI, for control features
A=101, B=102, C=103, ..., Z=132
a=141, b=142, c=143, ..., z=172
..., LF=012, VT=013, FF=014, CR=015, SO=016, SI=017, ..., ESC=033, ...
Anything more specific you need, before I continue to type in the whole
manual, or rather send you a copy thereof (to what address?)?
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| 5371.4 | What I meant was ... | BOUTYE::MULLAN | Thu Jan 30 1992 10:14 | 10 | |
re -.2 Thanks for the offer but I have spoken to one of our terminal
engineers and he has turned up a copy.
re -.1 When Printer Driver Generator is started up, it asks:-
"What is the ASCII code on your printer to make it print an "A"?"
".... a "B"?, etc etc (A is 101, a is 141, DEL is 177, etc)
and from this I presume it then compiles a custom driver. Maybe after
I get it working, I'll post another reply here.
Gerry
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