[brailleblaster] Re: Implementing a generic embosser driver using SWT
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:28:29 -0500
Scott,
This is a SWT issue. The problem is that the SWT classes require a
grraphical representation of what is to be printed. That doesn't go well
with the generic embosser way, which requires sending a simple text
file.
John
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:31:58AM +0200, Scott Berry wrote:
> John,
>
> Let's see if I have this right? Are you wanting to find the driver
> itself or just learn how to set it up I am a bit confused. Sorry for that.
>
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> On 11/08/11 17:36, John J. Boyer wrote:
> >The PrintDialog class in org.eclipse.swt.printing works nicely. When the
> >print button is pressed it returns with an instance of PrinterData
> >Printing is done with the Printer class. However, the user must create a
> >Graphics Context (GC) and then draw on ikt whatever is to be printed.
> >Tis is overkill for a generic embosser driver and would probably cause
> >difficulties anyway. All that is needed is to send a text file to the
> >embosser using the generic printer selection on Windows and the
> >equivalent onother platforms. If the file has the proper number of
> >characters per line and lines per page and a forms feed between pages
> >most embossers will procuce perfectly good braille. It would be nice to
> >let the user have the PrintDialog, since it works so nicely, but we need
> >a way to just send straight text to the embosser. Where is the generic
> >printer choice located. PrintDialog doesn't show it on my Windows
> >machine.
> >
> >It would be nice to have the generic embosser driver available in the
> >upcoming release. Suggestions will be very much appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >John
> >
>
>
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