Le 26/05/2015 13:41, Felix Miata a écrit :
jdd composed on 2015-05-26 09:16 (UTC+0200):
Felix Miata composed:
Is this a pipe dream?
I'm not sure to understand fully what you want.
Linux was always printing through ps based engine, so if what you want is printing from linux,
Printing "from Linux" was not the question, beyond the possibility of using my DOS program "in Linux", whether from DOSEmu, DOSBox or whatever.
I still don't understand from what computer/system you want to print. Obviously you have to run your program on some machine to be able to print?
you should be able to print to file as ps or pdf.
QPro DOS was released around 20 years ago. It has no print to PS or PDF option. It can only print to a supported "installed" (in the app) printer. The codes embedded in my spreadsheets are for printers that support an Epson printer language, which is nothing like PS or HP.
gs was perfectly able to print to epson needle printer (I did so). If you can run your program (QPro?) in any emulator, it should print also in any linux compatible printer
fact is time ago any printer was sold with a manual giving the printer's codes and it's no more the case now AFAIK.
I'm not interested in rewriting a whole library of spreadsheets with a new printer language.
no need to do so I'm too old to try learning another, or figuring out how to
translate what's in them to something else.
you may also subscribe to the gutenprint mailing list and ask there, the printers experts are there
Is http://www.openprinting.org/driver/gutenprint/ what you mean? It seems to exclude all printer models that I can remember to be compatible with ancient DOS apps that support Epson FX/LX/LQ dialects. https://www.epson.com/cgi-bin/Store/support/supDetail.jsp?UseCookie=yes&infoType=FAQ&oid=14294&prodoid=8191&foid=49714
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