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To: MindBender26

You can’t get there from here...

What you can do however is print to a PDF document. If you don’t have that ability currently, here is a free PDF printer that I use:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/

Once you have the PDF file, print that on the Dot matrix printer. That will be interpreted as graphics and thus print correctly.


7 posted on 08/05/2007 8:01:00 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: Incorrigible

All graphics print slowly on dot matrix printers. Going to PDF is just complicating the process. Many if not most dot matrix printers can already print TrueType fonts, but just very slowly because they are graphic-based. To print fast, the fonts need to be printer embedded. One can find the printer-embedded fonts by looking for the printer symbol in the Windows font folder as opposed to the TT symbol. Select the closest printer embedded font that fits your needs. When looking to buy a new dot matrix printer, be sure to find out what fonts are embedded or can be embedded in printer memory.


12 posted on 08/05/2007 8:26:36 PM PDT by Kirkwood
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