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More info?)
On 26 May 2004 18:23:53 -0700, 7ibehx001@sneakemail.com (Alan) wrote:
>Kalico <rd@kalico.spam> wrote in message news:<7kp7b01im5rjoha9f2nefjqr357kpr3976@4ax.com>...
>> I am desperate to get the control codes for a Samsung printer.
>> Samsung don't seem to want to help and I really need to print from an
>> old DOS app.
>>
>> Does anyone know of a newsgroup, forum or similar that might be able
>> to point me in the right direction.
>
>This group is a good start. But you have to state the model. Also,
>whether the docs say if it's compatible with any other ones.
>
>Another good place is <http://www.linuxprinting.org/> as drivers must
>be reverse-engineered to work in Linux. If your printer is at all
>popular you should find something there about it.
>
>You can look at the code the Windows driver (assuming that's what they
>give you)sends by changing the port to "print to file" and looking at
>the resultant print file.
Thanks for the responses.
The printer is a Samsung ML-1210 and it is apparently unable to take
input from DOS applications.
However, I have managed to achieve what I wanted with a combination of
a port capture (to an Epson printer) and a utility called DOSprinter,
which emulates Epson printers for apps that are not too complicated.
Bingo! Thanks to you all anyway.
Rob