Original RWAP Software Release

v1.05 Release by RWAP Software complete with Sources

README.txt

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+                Epson (ESC/P2) Drivers for ProWesS (and ProForma)
+                -------------------------------------------------
+
+These drivers are all copyright RWAP Software 1999-2000, released as freeware as part of 
+the 30th Anniversary of RWAP Software.  
+
+They are based on the original drivers provided by PROGS with their ProWeSs package for the Sinclair QL.  
+
+However, they have been much improved to allow 720 dpi printing and more speed.  In particular the
+binary TIFF compression mode is now used to ensure that the minimum time possible
+is spent sending control codes to the printer.
+
+These drivers should work on all Epson ESC/P2 drivers, although we understand that
+the Epson Stylus 200 does not support the binary commands used in these drivers.
+
+There are three different drivers supplied:
+
+Stylus_pfd              A mono printer driver
+StylusColour_pfd        A colour printer driver
+StylusColour2_pfd       A colour replacement printer driver for LineDesign
+StylusMono600_pfd       A mono printer driver for the Epson Stylus 600
+StylusColourA5_pfd      A second copy of StylusColour2_pfd
+
+Under ProForma (the print program supplied with ProWesS, programs can use these
+drivers to output in all the colours supplied by your printer (unless the mono
+printer driver is used).  However, LineDesign does not currently support colour
+(except on bitmaps).
+
+To overcome this, colour replacement drivers are supplied which change some of
+the greyshades output by LineDesign to create colours.
+
+ColourSample_ldp is a sample LineDesign file which allows you to see the various
+colours and their values under the colour replacement drivers.  Remember that 0
+is white and 100 is black.  Anything other than the values listed will produce a
+grey shade based on the percentage of black.
+
+StylusColourA5_pfd is supplied with the drivers renamed to:
+
+Epson Stylus Colour 360dpi colrepA5 (etc)
+
+- this is so that you can have two versions of the colour replacement driver
+loaded at the same time, for example for different paper sizes.
+
+INSTALLING THE DRIVERS
+----------------------
+If you have already installed Stylus Colour Drivers on your system, you will
+need to replace the existing _pfd files with those supplied.  These are normally
+installed in the sub-directory win1_pws_pf_driv_
+
+If you have not done this before, then copy the files to this sub-directory.
+
+You should then amend the file PROforma_cfg - normally in the sub-directory
+win1_pws_mine_
+
+You can amend this in a text editor or selecting the Configure ProWesS option
+from the UTILITIES button.  Select PROforma_cfg as the file to configure.
+
+Once you have loaded PROforma_cfg, look for the line which says:
+
+; load drivers (mixed screen, printer, bitmap & picture)
+
+
+and then add the following three lines to this section (if not already existing):
+
+D StylusColour_pfd
+D StylusColour2_pfd
+D Stylus_pfd
+
+Each line will ensure that PROForma loads the relevent printer driver on startup.
+
+You will need to reset your system for the new settings to take effect.
+
+IDEAL PAPER SIZES
+-----------------
+If you have found out the best settings for your printer, please let us know.
+
+These are the paper sizes found so far (based on 180 dpi)
+
+Epson Stylus 850 Colour
+-----------------------
+A4 -    Paper Width     204.04mm
+        Paper Height    274.46mm
+        Left Margin     2.68mm
+        Top Margin      8.61mm
+
+
+Updates
+-------
+v1.00 First Release version
+v1.01 ColourSample_ldp added
+v1.02 Fast Monochrome mode added to the Mono drivers (this causes an error on the
+      Epson Stylus 600 and possibly others, hence the separate driver)
+      Improved Compression techniques used for 720dpi (Delta Row Compression)
+      Generally increased speed.
+v1.03 Corrected a bug in the 180 and 360 dpi colour printer drivers which meant
+      that pages could get corrupted.
+v1.04 Flush Buffers command added for later series Epson printers to ensure that
+      end of page is printed.
+      Memory allocation re-done to ensure that information is not corrupted
+      between passes when using Delta Row compression.
+      Machine code compression routines added to speed up transfer of data
+v1.05 Updated the code for switching off microweave - for some reason PRINTS was
+      adding an extra character

Sources/1440/NEWStylusMono.mak

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+# ProWeSs make file for Stylus Monochrome drivers
+# (c) Rich Mellor 1999-2000
+
+# LRUN win1_pws_pf_boot
+# before trying to Execute this file.
+
+DRIVER_PARTS = driv_Stylusrouts_o driv_escp2mono_o driv_StylusMono_o core-dll_o
+DRIVER_NAME  = driv_NEWStylus_pfd
+
+# Directories:
+
+T = ram1_
+P = win1_C68_
+
+# Program names:
+
+CC  = cc
+AS  = as68
+ASM = qmac
+LD  = ld
+
+# Program flags:
+
+CCFLAGS  = -tmp$(T) -v -warn=3 -O -Y$(P) -I$(P)include_
+ASFLAGS  = -V
+ASMFLAGS = -nolist
+LDFLAGS  = -v -L$(P)lib_ -bufp100K\
+
+$(DRIVER_NAME) : $(DRIVER_PARTS)
+        $(LD) -ms -o$(DRIVER_NAME) $(DRIVER_PARTS) -lsms -lESCP2Module -sxmod
+        mkxmod $(DRIVER_NAME) \"PROforma external driver\"
+
+# Construction rules:
+
+_c_o :
+    $(CC) -c $(CCFLAGS) $<
+
+_s_o :
+    $(AS) $(ASFLAGS) $< $@
+
+_asm_rel :
+    $(ASM) $< $(ASMFLAGS)
+
+#end