In the printes, fonts should have Low Res 9 pin: 72/6 = 12 pixels Low Res 24 pin: 180/6= 30 pixels Hi Res 9 pin: 144/6= 24 pixels Hi Res 24 pin: 360/6= 60 pixels
This for the whole line (glyph + spacing). Can tou imagine how to convert your database to work with these resolutions? Alain Em 06-05-2011 23:33, Henrique Peron escreveu: > Hi Eric, Mark, > > Ok - I have a glyph database of 8x16 chars in a single text file. > Would that do for a start? Or the idea is to wait for someone volunteer > on developing software to automatically convert screen fonts to the printer? > > Henrique > > Em 6/5/2011 17:09, Eric Auer escreveu: >> Hi Mark, Henrique, >> >> ghostscript in general is a nice tool and there are ports for >> DOS which work in FreeDOS or are even made for FreeDOS, I think >> that for example Blair made one such port. Using 32 bit DOS C >> compilers is no big problem, things still run on 16 bit DOS but >> you will need a 386 or newer CPU. Another nice detail is that >> ghostscript can output several printer languages, PDF and PS. >> >> However, the main purpose of ghostscript is to read postscript. >> As such, it is not meant to be used as a small tool or even a >> driver to "convert plain text into a picture of that text with >> a given bitmap font". In fact, ghostscript would be a *very* >> bloated software if you only want to do that ;-) >> >> Eric >> >> PS: I think 8x16 fonts or 16x16 fonts are not that bad. And it >> is indeed true that graphics modes with a limited horizontal >> resolution print much faster... In fact 180x180 dpi fits text >> printing, speed and compatibility very well on ESC/P printers. >> >> >> >> ... >>>> Last but not least - the DOS drivers you pointed us to refer to >>>> 32-bit DOS. >>> Ah, I didn't catch that. You could find an older 16-bit GhostScript, >>> but it doesn't sound like scalable fonts are your current goal. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software >> The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network >> management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial >> acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd >> _______________________________________________ >> Freedos-user mailing list >> Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software > The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network > management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial > acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
