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Rox
I am trying to print a Word document to an IBM Wheelwriter 1500 and would like to know how to set the document up to print, such as font, etc.
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Charles Kenyon
Can you get a printer driver for the Wheelwriter and install it? If so, it
will work. Otherwise, I suppose you could save it as a text file and copy to
the LPT1 using DOS commands. Page breaks might have to be input using a text
editor.
From the printer name, I assume you are not going to be able to print
graphics (like table borders) nor characters like real quotation marks.
will work. Otherwise, I suppose you could save it as a text file and copy to
the LPT1 using DOS commands. Page breaks might have to be input using a text
editor.
From the printer name, I assume you are not going to be able to print
graphics (like table borders) nor characters like real quotation marks.
like to know how to set the document up to print, such as font, etc.Rox said:I am trying to print a Word document to an IBM Wheelwriter 1500 and would
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
I would be surprised to learn that you could do this at all, but I would
guess that when you select that as the printer, you will have very few font
choices.
guess that when you select that as the printer, you will have very few font
choices.
like to know how to set the document up to print, such as font, etc.Rox said:I am trying to print a Word document to an IBM Wheelwriter 1500 and would
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Jezebel
How are you planning to connect the device to your computer? None of the
technical specs I've seen makes any mention of serial, parallel, or any
other data connection. Assuming you can solve that, you might be able to
persuade Windows to treat it as a 'generic text printer' (which is one of
the printer installation options); but given the machine's vintage, does it
even use ASCII? EBCDIC comes to mind as IBM's own excursion into code sets.
It's some decades since I looked at doing this with a different model IBM
and the advice at the time was that printers designed as typewriters are not
mechanically up to the task anyway: the engineering assumes the intermittent
and much slower data rate of a human typist. Running the machine
continuously at any computer-driven data rate will shake it to bits.
technical specs I've seen makes any mention of serial, parallel, or any
other data connection. Assuming you can solve that, you might be able to
persuade Windows to treat it as a 'generic text printer' (which is one of
the printer installation options); but given the machine's vintage, does it
even use ASCII? EBCDIC comes to mind as IBM's own excursion into code sets.
It's some decades since I looked at doing this with a different model IBM
and the advice at the time was that printers designed as typewriters are not
mechanically up to the task anyway: the engineering assumes the intermittent
and much slower data rate of a human typist. Running the machine
continuously at any computer-driven data rate will shake it to bits.
like to know how to set the document up to print, such as font, etc.Rox said:I am trying to print a Word document to an IBM Wheelwriter 1500 and would
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
I have a Wheelwriter, and I think it would be up the same rate of printing
as any other daisy-wheel printer (it's a memory typewriter, so it's designed
for automated playback at faster-than-keyboard-entry speeds), but that will
still be pretty slow.
as any other daisy-wheel printer (it's a memory typewriter, so it's designed
for automated playback at faster-than-keyboard-entry speeds), but that will
still be pretty slow.
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Jezebel
Fair enough ... but does it have any data connection?
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
I assumed from the OP's question that this detail had already been worked
out. ISTR that some Wheelwriters (not mine, I think) were designed to be
used as external printers, but I would still think this would be a pretty
unsatisfactory way to try to print. When you can buy an inket printer for
under $100 and a personal laser printer for only a little more, it would not
be worth the effort to try to connect the Wheelwriter given the severe
limitations on the output it could produce (and the speed at which it could
do what little it could do).
out. ISTR that some Wheelwriters (not mine, I think) were designed to be
used as external printers, but I would still think this would be a pretty
unsatisfactory way to try to print. When you can buy an inket printer for
under $100 and a personal laser printer for only a little more, it would not
be worth the effort to try to connect the Wheelwriter given the severe
limitations on the output it could produce (and the speed at which it could
do what little it could do).
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Rox
Actually, you CAN print from Word to the IBM. I do it everyday, HOWEVER, I cannot get the "underline" to print out on the typewriter. I couldn't get the ' (foot) and " (quotation) to print, but I have figured out how to do those marks. I also have to change the font, manually, to Roman 12cpi.
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Rox
I print from my computer to Word everyday. Beleive it or not, It does actually work, HOWEVER, I cannot get the actual "underline" to print out. I was having trouble with the ' and ", but have figured out how to fix it. The printer I have selected and added to my printers is "IBM PROPRINTER". There are actually several IBM printers to chose from.
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Rox
The IBM Wheelwriter works just fine and prints out quite quickly. The reason I have to use the IBM Wheelwriter, is because I have to print out documents on 5-6 part carbonless paper. I was just trying to get some information on how to setup from scratch, the fonts, etc, because my UNDERLINE is not printing, so I thought someone would know EXACTLY what to do. hehe. I basically, taught myself how to connect the two, by some kind of magic. The underline WAS printing, but I believe it was on Word 97 and now is not in Word 2000.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Yes, for multipart forms (one of the two remaining applications for which I
keep my Wheelwriter; the other is oversized envelopes) you do need some type
of impact printer, though most people use a dot matrix printer for this now.
Don't know what to say about the underline because obviously I'm already out
of my depth.
documents on 5-6 part carbonless paper. I was just trying to get some
information on how to setup from scratch, the fonts, etc, because my
UNDERLINE is not printing, so I thought someone would know EXACTLY what to
do. hehe. I basically, taught myself how to connect the two, by some kind
of magic. The underline WAS printing, but I believe it was on Word 97 and
now is not in Word 2000.
keep my Wheelwriter; the other is oversized envelopes) you do need some type
of impact printer, though most people use a dot matrix printer for this now.
Don't know what to say about the underline because obviously I'm already out
of my depth.
reason I have to use the IBM Wheelwriter, is because I have to print outRox said:The IBM Wheelwriter works just fine and prints out quite quickly. The
documents on 5-6 part carbonless paper. I was just trying to get some
information on how to setup from scratch, the fonts, etc, because my
UNDERLINE is not printing, so I thought someone would know EXACTLY what to
do. hehe. I basically, taught myself how to connect the two, by some kind
of magic. The underline WAS printing, but I believe it was on Word 97 and
now is not in Word 2000.
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