Interesting print out

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1024MAK wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 4:35 pm By the way, if you wrote a suitable program, it was possible for the ZX81 to print lower case, or even your own UDG on the ZX81 / Alphacom 32 Printer / Timex Sinclair 2040 printer.

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Oddly enough I have such a thing in one of Mr Bambini's wonderful books.

I will scan if anyone's interested.
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Well,

In theory you can fill the printerbuffer with lines and print hiresdata from it.
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I forget if it was a ZX81 or a ZX Spectrum program... anyway, it printed pictures in "landscape" (sideways) format on the attached printer 8-)

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That's a lot of fuzz about a Spectrum paper left carelessly in a ZX81 book. :lol:
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link to the Spectrum program:
http://zx81.ordi5.free.fr/programmes/Le ... M_UDG].zip

Spectrum UDG
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1024MAK wrote: ↑Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:12 pm I forget if it was a ZX81 or a ZX Spectrum program... anyway, it printed pictures in "landscape" (sideways) format on the attached printer 8-)

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Just 30 bytes needed to do that on any B/W printer attached to a ZX Spectrum.
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On the ZX81, you can print a screen in high res using my ZX printer driver.
Just create four screens and the high-res driver will print out all screens on the printer.

First screen...
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ZX Printer result:
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It's a great driver, and I'm using it.

I'll share with you all later when it's ready. :)
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XavSnap wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2017 2:42 pm On the ZX81, you can print a screen in high res using my ZX printer driver.
Just create four screens and the high-res driver will print out all screens on the printer.
Isn't it the keyword COPY made for a hardcopy of the actual screen contents (including hires) ?
I thought that ...
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