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153/Printers/IBM/Read_Me
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Personal collection » Acorn hard disk » apps » Printers |
| Filename: | 153/Printers/IBM/Read_Me |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0512 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Read_Me file for IBM printers. ------------------------------ The "IBM.Pro-X24E" printer definition file uses features which mean it will not work on some of the early IBM printers. It uses ESC "[g" graphics commands to perform 24 pin dumps, ESC "d" to perform leading zero suppression and ESC "[\" to switch the vertical units to 1/180 inch instead of 1/216 inch. The use of these codes for the graphics resolutions means that this printer definition file will not work with the IBM Graphics Printer, Proprinter, Proprinter II and Proprinter XL. ISO Latin 1 text printing uses ESC "[T" to switch to code page 850 (Multilingual) which allows accurate text printing of almost all ISO Latin 1 characters. If you have a very new IBM compatible printer which can do 48 pin graphics using ESC "[g", you may be able to use the "Canon.BubbleJet" printer definition file. This is the same as the "IBM.Pro-X24E" file except that it provides 360 DPI vertical resolution graphics modes (non interlaced) and the 360 DPI horizontal definitions are non interlaced. The "IBM.4019/17" and "IBM.4019/39" printer definition files are for the IBM LaserPrinter (PostScript), containing 17 fonts and 39 fonts respectively. The "IBM.4216" printer definition file is for the IBM Personal Pageprinter (PostScript).
00000000 0a 52 65 61 64 5f 4d 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f |.Read_Me file fo| 00000010 72 20 49 42 4d 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 73 2e 0a |r IBM printers..| 00000020 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d |----------------| 00000030 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 0a 0a |--------------..| 00000040 54 68 65 20 22 49 42 4d 2e 50 72 6f 2d 58 32 34 |The "IBM.Pro-X24| 00000050 45 22 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 64 65 66 69 6e |E" printer defin| 00000060 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 75 73 65 73 0a |ition file uses.| 00000070 66 65 61 74 75 72 65 73 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 6d |features which m| 00000080 65 61 6e 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6e 6f 74 20 |ean it will not | 00000090 77 6f 72 6b 20 6f 6e 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6f 66 0a |work on some of.| 000000a0 74 68 65 20 65 61 72 6c 79 20 49 42 4d 20 70 72 |the early IBM pr| 000000b0 69 6e 74 65 72 73 2e 20 49 74 20 75 73 65 73 20 |inters. It uses | 000000c0 45 53 43 20 22 5b 67 22 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 |ESC "[g" graphic| 000000d0 73 0a 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 73 20 74 6f 20 70 65 |s.commands to pe| 000000e0 72 66 6f 72 6d 20 32 34 20 70 69 6e 20 64 75 6d |rform 24 pin dum| 000000f0 70 73 2c 20 45 53 43 20 22 64 22 20 74 6f 0a 70 |ps, ESC "d" to.p| 00000100 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 20 6c 65 61 64 69 6e 67 20 7a |erform leading z| 00000110 65 72 6f 20 73 75 70 70 72 65 73 73 69 6f 6e 20 |ero suppression | 00000120 61 6e 64 20 45 53 43 20 22 5b 5c 22 20 74 6f 0a |and ESC "[\" to.| 00000130 73 77 69 74 63 68 20 74 68 65 20 76 65 72 74 69 |switch the verti| 00000140 63 61 6c 20 75 6e 69 74 73 20 74 6f 20 31 2f 31 |cal units to 1/1| 00000150 38 30 20 69 6e 63 68 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 64 20 |80 inch instead | 00000160 6f 66 0a 31 2f 32 31 36 20 69 6e 63 68 2e 20 54 |of.1/216 inch. T| 00000170 68 65 20 75 73 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 20 |he use of these | 00000180 63 6f 64 65 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 0a 67 72 |codes for the.gr| 00000190 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 6f |aphics resolutio| 000001a0 6e 73 20 6d 65 61 6e 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 |ns means that th| 000001b0 69 73 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 0a 64 65 66 69 6e |is printer.defin| 000001c0 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 |ition file will | 000001d0 6e 6f 74 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 |not work with th| 000001e0 65 20 49 42 4d 0a 47 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 50 |e IBM.Graphics P| 000001f0 72 69 6e 74 65 72 2c 20 50 72 6f 70 72 69 6e 74 |rinter, Proprint| 00000200 65 72 2c 20 50 72 6f 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 49 |er, Proprinter I| 00000210 49 20 61 6e 64 0a 50 72 6f 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 |I and.Proprinter| 00000220 20 58 4c 2e 20 49 53 4f 20 4c 61 74 69 6e 20 31 | XL. ISO Latin 1| 00000230 20 74 65 78 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 75 | text printing u| 00000240 73 65 73 20 45 53 43 0a 22 5b 54 22 20 74 6f 20 |ses ESC."[T" to | 00000250 73 77 69 74 63 68 20 74 6f 20 63 6f 64 65 20 70 |switch to code p| 00000260 61 67 65 20 38 35 30 20 28 4d 75 6c 74 69 6c 69 |age 850 (Multili| 00000270 6e 67 75 61 6c 29 0a 77 68 69 63 68 20 61 6c 6c |ngual).which all| 00000280 6f 77 73 20 61 63 63 75 72 61 74 65 20 74 65 78 |ows accurate tex| 00000290 74 20 70 72 69 6e 74 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 61 6c |t printing of al| 000002a0 6d 6f 73 74 20 61 6c 6c 0a 49 53 4f 20 4c 61 74 |most all.ISO Lat| 000002b0 69 6e 20 31 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 73 2e |in 1 characters.| 000002c0 0a 0a 49 66 20 79 6f 75 20 68 61 76 65 20 61 20 |..If you have a | 000002d0 76 65 72 79 20 6e 65 77 20 49 42 4d 20 63 6f 6d |very new IBM com| 000002e0 70 61 74 69 62 6c 65 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 0a |patible printer.| 000002f0 77 68 69 63 68 20 63 61 6e 20 64 6f 20 34 38 20 |which can do 48 | 00000300 70 69 6e 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 75 73 69 |pin graphics usi| 00000310 6e 67 20 45 53 43 20 22 5b 67 22 2c 20 79 6f 75 |ng ESC "[g", you| 00000320 0a 6d 61 79 20 62 65 20 61 62 6c 65 20 74 6f 20 |.may be able to | 00000330 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 22 43 61 6e 6f 6e 2e 42 |use the "Canon.B| 00000340 75 62 62 6c 65 4a 65 74 22 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 |ubbleJet" printe| 00000350 72 0a 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c |r.definition fil| 00000360 65 2e 20 54 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 73 |e. This is the s| 00000370 61 6d 65 20 61 73 20 74 68 65 0a 22 49 42 4d 2e |ame as the."IBM.| 00000380 50 72 6f 2d 58 32 34 45 22 20 66 69 6c 65 20 65 |Pro-X24E" file e| 00000390 78 63 65 70 74 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 70 72 |xcept that it pr| 000003a0 6f 76 69 64 65 73 20 33 36 30 0a 44 50 49 20 76 |ovides 360.DPI v| 000003b0 65 72 74 69 63 61 6c 20 72 65 73 6f 6c 75 74 69 |ertical resoluti| 000003c0 6f 6e 20 67 72 61 70 68 69 63 73 20 6d 6f 64 65 |on graphics mode| 000003d0 73 20 28 6e 6f 6e 0a 69 6e 74 65 72 6c 61 63 65 |s (non.interlace| 000003e0 64 29 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 33 36 30 20 44 |d) and the 360 D| 000003f0 50 49 20 68 6f 72 69 7a 6f 6e 74 61 6c 20 64 65 |PI horizontal de| 00000400 66 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 73 0a 61 72 65 20 6e 6f |finitions.are no| 00000410 6e 20 69 6e 74 65 72 6c 61 63 65 64 2e 20 20 0a |n interlaced. .| 00000420 0a 54 68 65 20 22 49 42 4d 2e 34 30 31 39 2f 31 |.The "IBM.4019/1| 00000430 37 22 20 61 6e 64 20 22 49 42 4d 2e 34 30 31 39 |7" and "IBM.4019| 00000440 2f 33 39 22 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 0a 64 65 66 |/39" printer.def| 00000450 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 73 20 61 72 |inition files ar| 00000460 65 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 49 42 4d 20 4c 61 |e for the IBM La| 00000470 73 65 72 50 72 69 6e 74 65 72 0a 28 50 6f 73 74 |serPrinter.(Post| 00000480 53 63 72 69 70 74 29 2c 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e |Script), contain| 00000490 69 6e 67 20 31 37 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 61 6e 64 |ing 17 fonts and| 000004a0 20 33 39 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 0a 72 65 73 70 65 63 | 39 fonts.respec| 000004b0 74 69 76 65 6c 79 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 22 49 42 |tively...The "IB| 000004c0 4d 2e 34 32 31 36 22 20 70 72 69 6e 74 65 72 20 |M.4216" printer | 000004d0 64 65 66 69 6e 69 74 69 6f 6e 20 66 69 6c 65 20 |definition file | 000004e0 69 73 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 0a 49 42 4d 20 50 |is for the.IBM P| 000004f0 65 72 73 6f 6e 61 6c 20 50 61 67 65 70 72 69 6e |ersonal Pageprin| 00000500 74 65 72 20 28 50 6f 73 74 53 63 72 69 70 74 29 |ter (PostScript)| 00000510 2e 0a |..| 00000512
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