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GSport Printer
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David Schmidt (david__schmidt at users dot souceforge dot net)
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GSport Emulated Printer
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2011-01-06 21:46:17 +00:00
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* "Native" IIgs Setup
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2011-01-06 21:28:51 +00:00
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2011-01-06 21:46:17 +00:00
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Enter the GS native control panel and set slot 1 to "Your Card":
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[images/printer0.png]
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* GSport Setup
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Press F4 to enter the text-based GSport menu and select the "Parallel Card Configuration" option.
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2011-01-06 21:28:51 +00:00
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By default, printer emulation is turned off. Enable it by setting "Parallel Card in Slot 1" to "On":
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[images/printer1.png]
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Parallel Output for Applesoft text (i.e. when using PR#1) should be set to Mask off high bit,
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otherwise output won't look like the ASCII you expect.
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In all other cases (like printing from normal applications) it should remain on the default Send Full 8-bit data.
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Optionally you can set the virtual printer to ignore the high bit with ESC/P codes.
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Next, navigate back to the main menu and select the "Virtual Printer Configuration" option:
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[images/printer2.png]
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Printer Timeout configures how long until a form feed is automatically sent to the printer
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2011-01-10 11:45:51 +00:00
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(which forces the emulator to kick out a "page").
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It should be set higher for PR#1-type printing to work as you might expect.
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2011-01-06 21:28:51 +00:00
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If it is set to "Never", you have to manually send a form feed, fill a page with text, or exit the emulator before any output is saved.
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This behavior is similar to modern laser/inkjet printers when they are used with Applesoft.
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Most applications are good about sending form feeds at page end, so this issue usually doesn't crop up.
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Make sure to configure font locations.
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2012-03-05 21:02:19 +00:00
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The default Roman font is used by default, and the matching <<<lib/letgothl.ttf>>> is included in the distribution package.
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Printing emulation won't work if no fonts at all are defined.
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Any mono-spaced TrueType font you have will work.
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2011-01-06 21:28:51 +00:00
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Printer output should appear in the same directory as GSport as page1.bmp, page2.bmp, etc.
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2011-01-10 11:45:51 +00:00
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* Printer Output Type
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GSport can produce various types of graphical or textual output based on your platform and
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what has been compiled into your binary.
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Cycling through the various options in "Printer Output Type," there are:
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* Windows Bitmap
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* Postscript (B&W)
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* Direct to host printer
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* Text file
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[]
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2012-03-05 21:02:19 +00:00
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Windows Bitmap will produce .BMP files for each "page" produced.
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The same is true for Postscript, but .PS files are produced.
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2011-01-10 11:45:51 +00:00
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"Direct to host printer" is only implemented for Windows, and will send page-oriented output directly to your system's printer.
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"Text file" will append text-only output to a file named "printer.txt" in GSport's current working directory.
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