Re: Generic text printer (tty driver)
- From: "Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 07:04:01 -0500
"LoneSome" <I_Hate@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1128130678_36217@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Yes, you will find it. However, if you use this driver, you will (I
> INSIST!!!!!) mist the point I DO NEED.
> I need to be able to print using internal printer font, with perfect
control
> on page length, while been able to rely on exact metrics.
> If I use the Windows XP driver, tough luck with the internal printer
fonts!
> If I use the Generic Text Printer, which normally should address
dot-matrix
> printers, in native mode, tough luck with the f... metrics that Bill Gates
> scraped. Tough luck also when you will reach "end-of-page", because
Windows
> will add a FormFeed eventhough you try any match of useless settings.
>
> I do need printer internal fonts, I don't want Windows to interfere with
the
> paper size, neither with the "end-of-physical-page" or whatever Windows
> thinks it is.
>
> No damned printer driver offers me both, except if I do REVERT to Windows
> 95/98.
>
> Can somebody understand the problem, and also the source of the problem?
Is
> there a solution, except to revert to good old MSDOS times, when Big
Brother
> Bill Gates didn't try to decide for us what should be a efficient printer
> driver ?
>
I appreciate your fustration, also please appreciate my fustration in not
being able to provide more help. I don't have that printer to play with. I
have no clue what might have been changed. (A ton of unhelpful guesses. <g>)
But I am 99% certain there is a combination of settings and driver out there
that WILL work. The driver may not be specifically labeled or meant for the
"Epson DFX-5000". Try other Epson and Epson-style print drivers. Don't
forget to try drivers direct from the vendor and not just the ones packaged
with Windows.
Trust me, I know it can be quite maddening at times, but there is a
combination that will work to your satisfaction.
There is always the one percent chance Billy did target your Epson for
failure. <g> Therefore, if worse comes to worse there is the Print Driver
DDK.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/print/default.mspx
In your case the driver will relatively simple since you are not fooling
with fonts. The sample provided may do the job with minor tweaking.
Be warned that the two times in recently memory I went that route, I spent
several weeks getting some ancient device to work, only to discover a couple
of months later a ready-built solution. <g>
hth
-ralph
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