9 Pin Dot Matrix Printing

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9 Pin Dot Matrix Printing

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We have found an issue in the latest software when emulating an Epson ESC/P printer.

The 9 pin printers used slightly different versions of the ESC 3 and ESC A control codes -

a) On a 9 pin printer, the ESC 3 command uses n/216" line spacing, compared with the n/180" line spacing used for ESC/P and ESC/P2
b) On a 9 pin printer, the ESC A command uses n/72" line spacing, compared with the n/60" line spacing used for ESC/P and ESC/P2

We have created a new version of the software to cope with this (with a new epson_pins configuration setting) but are just waiting on feedback from the user who reported this issue, before we release it to everyone else.
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Re: 9 Pin Dot Matrix Printing

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The change has now been tested successfully and will be incorporated in v3.2 - see http://forum.retroprinter.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=32
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