Thank you, Tom

selecting a paper size as you indicated allowed to print long lines.
Now I only have to find out how to put a FF at the right spot.. Long ago I had a
Norton Utility for that..
PFE editor though, gives a maximum line length of about 85, have not counted
exactly. The rest is swallowed, not even wrapped around. MS-DOS EDIT, as
 delivered
with Win95 or MS-DOS 6.22 gives at least 100 chars on one line to the printer if
started from a DOS box under Win95. If all the time I spent to get this Gates
stuff working for just plain ASCII files and standard printers had gone into a
plain Unix/Linux box I could be enjoying Mardi Gras for days now!
That is progress, I presume.

Tom Handley wrote:

>    Wim, there are different variants on this but basically select a paper
> size of 8 1/2" x 14" or larger. That will allow the generic text driver
> to print more than 80 columns on a line. Of course you need to select a
> printer font pitch that allows for 132 columns. For listings, I use the
> PFE text editor, generic text driver, and a Panasonic 1124 that only handles
> 8 1/2" wide (printable) paper. I set the Panasonic for a font pitch of 16-17
> cpi and, in the print dialog, a paper size of 8 1/2" x 14". Note, depending
> on your application, it may say "Standard US Fanfold <size>".
>
>    As far as being `forced' to "Winvirus95" and assuming you've configured
> it properly with your hardware and software, it's far more robust than 3.x
> and DOS...
>
>    - Tom
>
> At 10:57 PM 2/20/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >I used to print my assembler sources 132 chars wide to allow for generous
> >comments. Being forced to switch to Winvirus95 I have a problem. Can't find a
> >way to print my flat ASCII files 132 wide to an oldfashioned matrix printer.
> >To be exact it is a STAR LC10.
> >I have 2 parallel ports. LPT1 configured as graphic, LPT2 configured as a
> >Windows generic ascii printer.
> >With a switch box I can move the printer to each port so switch between
> >graphic and text mode.
> >I like my sources to be printed this way printer because I can lay out the
> >whole listing on the floor (yes, I've got a huge livingroom, and sometimes
> >huge listings too, and sometimes pain in my knees) and follow (mark) with
> >different color felt tip pens the flow of the program.
> >Used as a debugging tool I found quickly lots of flow problems this way.
> >The point is:
> >Winvirus95 appears to insert a CR-LF at the 80-th position, so the lines wrap
> >before they get to the printer. It is obviously a devicedriver problem.
> >Summary:
> >I want to put the Windows95 LPT2 driver in 132 mode as MS-DOS did it.
> >Who knows a solution for this?
> >
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