[Coco] Printing from DW

[Bill Pierce]

Nick, DW4 just prints to a file in your drivewire4 installation folder in "cocoprints". It doesn't actually print to a printer. You have to print the file from your host PC. There are ways to write "scripts" to make it reroute the file to your printer, more easily done in Linux than Windows.
 
 
I found a neat use for this feature... it allows me to transfer files from the Coco to the PC. Since it "prints" a "raw" text file with no filtering... doing a "list program >/p" from OS9 will actually list the complete file to the PC''s cocoprints folder. All I have to do is change the name back to the original and the complete file is intact, even the CRC :-)
Now... if Aaron could give us a way to set the folder and name the print feature would use... from the Coco... (I know it can be done in the DW4 config), then it would make Coco to PC file transfer possible:-)
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
To: CoCoList <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 25, 2014 9:36 pm
Subject: [Coco] Printing from DW


Firstly... I've tried looking at the drivewire settings and the WIKI but 
cannot see/understand how I'm suppose to print via drivewire.

I have a standard CoCo3 connected to my PC drivewire server. Everything 
is working fine as far as file transfering goes.

Printing is set to TEXT but where does the printout go?

Where do I tell drivewire what my printer serial rate is?

My idea of how printing is meant to work is that I merely print from the 
CoCo and drivewire intercepts the serial data and writes a text file or 
creates an image to a location of my choosing.

Ideally, it would be nice if it translated the printer data into 
whatever printer is attached to the PC and it print directly. Nice and 
user friendly.

Am I viewing the world in rose colored glasses?

Tell me if  I'm being stupid and acting like a C64 user.

Nick

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