[brailleblaster] Re: ViewPlus Technologies Tiger Cub (Legacy Mode) Approved to work with Mac OS X and Most Linux Distros Using CUPS
- From: Alex Jurgensen <asquared21@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:43:08 -0800
Hi John G.,
I am working on porting the Windows driver to the Mac. So far I have managed to
lay the foundation of the driver and very soon I'll actually have useable
output for the printer.
Do you think ViewPlus would be interested in examining my work, as I know that
a native CUPS/Mac driver has not yet been released?
Regards,
Alex,
On 2011-12-12, at 7:04 AM, John Gardner wrote:
> Hello Alex, I'm happy to hear that. For information of all, ViewPlus
> embossers will assume "legacy" mode if they do not get a valid header that
> is normally sent by a ViewPlus printer driver. There may also be some
> garbage-collection done to take care of spurious stuff sent on occasion by
> some computers before the valid data starts. This could have been the
> reason you did not make it work initially. Glad it works now.
>
> "Legacy" mode is what regular embossers accept - such as BRF files.
> ViewPlus documentation includes definitions of escape characters needed to
> change parameters, but the easy way to do that is through the Tiger tab of
> its Windows printer driver. One can do 10 dpi legacy graphics in legacy
> mode but not high resolution Tiger graphics.
>
> John G
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Jurgensen
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 11:43 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] ViewPlus Technologies Tiger Cub (Legacy Mode)
> Approved to work with Mac OS X and Most Linux Distros Using CUPS
>
> Hi John G. and All,
>
> I am writing to let you all know that I have succeeded in getting the
> ViewPlus Technologies Tiger Cub braille embosser to work with Mac OS X and
> my Embosser Admin Utility.
>
> I am also writing to let you all know that legacy mode for the above printer
> is supported via CUPS on most Linux distros.
>
> I'll write more soon as it is rather late where I am and I'm heading out for
> the day.
>
> I hope this is encouraging to someone. I know I'm sure encouraged by it.
>
> Regards,
> Alex,
>
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>
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