Richard, There are some misconceptions here, we will contact you off-line and help you get going.
Glenn Bachmann At 03:24 PM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have mailed your tech support and they have told me that only laserjets >print lines. >The reason for the confusion was that we initially had a Canon printer and >after a discussion with Joanne Pierce she told us that we would be able to >get graphics on the Deskjet. SO we bought one and it doesn't work! >The software we are developing is for a portable printer to be able to print >through an IR port data from a handheld. >I have a 3 week deadline for this so I am starting to run out of ideas. >Any help/beta versions etc. which provide ability to draw vert/horiz lines >would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks >Richard > >-----Original Message----- >From: Glenn Bachmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 2:43 PM >To: Palm Developer Forum >Subject: Re: Printing from a Palm > > >At 09:42 AM 7/31/00 -0400, you wrote: >>I am trying to print from a Palm to either a HP DeskJet 350CBi or a Canon >>BJC-50. >>I have tried Bachmann Print Manager and Palm Print and Teal Print but these >>only allow me to print text. I need to be able to print out a grid and >some text. > >If I may, a slight correction: Print Manager *does* allow you to print all >kinds of graphics (our PrintBoy application uses Print Manager to render >month-at-a-glance calendars, lines, shading, etc). > >The DeskJet line unfortunately runs a very old version of HP's PCL language >which does not support things like line drawing. You can get graphical >output of course from Windows, but thats using completely different >technology. Print Manager has a DeskJet driver, but graphics commands sent >to the printer are simply ignored. > >Richard, if you contact us privately with more info on what you want to do, >we may be able to help you with some more information. > > > > > >Glenn Bachmann >Bachmann Software and Services, LLC >http://www.bachmannsoftware.com >Software for Handheld & Wireless Computing, Windows and the Internet >Authors of "Palm Programming", published by Macmillan/Sams, and home of >Bachmann Print Manager, the only graphical printing solution for the Palm >Computing Platform > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, >please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > >-- >For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > Glenn Bachmann Bachmann Software and Services, LLC http://www.bachmannsoftware.com Software for Handheld & Wireless Computing, Windows and the Internet Authors of "Palm Programming", published by Macmillan/Sams, and home of Bachmann Print Manager, the only graphical printing solution for the Palm Computing Platform -- For information on using the ACCESS Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.access-company.com/developers/forums/
