Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2005 07:25:57 +0930 From: Paul Smedley Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: Status of win32prn (Improving printer support on eComStation and OS/2) From: Roderick Klein Note that the pages on www.os2warp.be have not been updated yet. But we are sending out this message to make it known we are working on addressing the printer support issue! To often the question comes up what printer you should buy that is supported on eComStation/OS/2. About 1 1/2 years ago some news items was sent out in regard to WIN32PRN. Well WIN32PRN is back on track again. The project is aimed at running Windows printer drivers on OS/2/eCS. Printer drivers are basically nothing else then a DLL (a program) that knows what kind of language the printer needs to be controlled. Writing native drivers printer drivers for OS/2 is time consuming. Primarily if you want to, you need specifications from printer vendors on how to control a printer, which are difficult to get. Then the stage of debugging a printer driver and also getting optimized print results takes up too much time. The project is being developed by Vitaliy Tymchyshyn. The final goal is come up with a software package that will allow you to install Windows printer drivers on eComStation/OS/2 and also configure the printer. The coming release still require you to install the printer driver on Windows and export the printer settings. Tools and instructions will be included in the package how to then install the printer on OS/2/eComStation. More testing is required. Mensys will sell the project when its out of the test cycle. The retail price will be 20 dollars a license. More news will be published in the coming 10 days on www.os2warp.be. Roderick Klein Mensys -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.html If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org