Have you ever wanted to be able to modify a favorite program so that it would utilize your full-sized printer/interface combination to print out information? Or get a full 8 1/2 X 11 inch screen dump in color (sort of)? And do it in either 2068 or Spectrum mode?
Well, now thanks to Zebra Systems, you can accomplish all these…with ZPRINT 80.
ZPRINT 80 is a new “Universal Print Driver” software package that will modify itself to work with any of these popular Centronic printer interfaces available for the 2068: Aerco, Tasman, Oliger, A & J.
ZPRINT 80 will give you LLIST, LPRINT, and normal size COPY facilities on any parallel dot-matrix printer. Also, you can get a full-size grey scale “color” screen copy using any of the following printers:
- Gemini 10X & SG10
- Memotech DMX80
- Panasonic 1090/1091
- Epson FX/RX
- Mannesman Tally Spirit-80
- Prowriter 8510
Any picture you can generate on the screen can be copied, pixel for pixel, sideways on a full sheet of paper. ZPRINT 80 uses a grey scale, from white to black, to simulate a color picture. The procedure takes about five minutes, and the results are amazing.
All of the other necessary features of a good print driver are also included. Print widths can be changed, linefeeds can be turned on or off, and print control codes can be added easily. This will allow you to use your printer’s various print fonts.
ZPRINT 80 is provided in four versions: high memory (64000) and low memory (27000) for both the 2068 and Spectrum.
The only shortcoming I can see with ZPRINT 80 is the lack of relocatability. If ZPRINT 80 could be inserted at any memory location, like Jack Dohany’s relocatable Aerco print driver, it would be the ultimate utility. (Maybe Jack could work on it???)
Overall, Zebra Systems has done it again! ZPRINT 80 is the print driver we have needed all along. I am indebted to them for taking the time to make using our T/S even more enjoyable.
