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Druckausgabe über LPT1 auf Netzwerkdrucker aber nur in kleiner Courier-Schrift (muß größer werden)

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Dirk-Richter commented

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Guten Tag,
habe DOSBOX-X installiert eine alte KHK Software(DOS) installiert kann über LPT1 -- Netzwerkdrucker unter Win 11pro drucken. Nun ist mein Problem-- ich bekomme die Schriftart nicht geändert (immer Courier klein) wenn ich in der DOSBOX-X drucke kommt auch nur Diese Schriftart. Wer kann mir da helfen??
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Allofich commented

Anyone familiar with this feature (printing with different fonts)? I just tried to use it, putting a .ttf font in the default FONTS folder (fontpath = FONTS under [printer] in dosbox-x.conf) and specifying the .ttf file for the "font" value under [ttf] in dosbox-x.conf. I then printed from the "edit" program in DOSBox-X, but the produced .png uses courier font, not the font I specified. I also tried specifying a Windows-included font as the .conf file comment says, but no change.

Since I've never used the feature before I don't know if I'm not using it right, or if there is a bug.

rderooy commented

I don't recall there being a way to set the font point size for the emulated Epson printer. And quickly looking at the Guide: https://dosbox-x.com/wiki/Guide%3ASetting-up-printing-in-DOSBox%E2%80%90X I don't see any such option listed.

TBH, printing is a feature that sees very little activity. The emulated Epson printer for instance can have weird rendering behaviour at non-default settings. e.g. in the Windows 3.1 Epson printer driver options, changing the output resolution from the default 180x180 to something else will cause corrupted output.

That is also why I normally suggest to use a Postscript printer option in the DOS application, and just save or redirect the output on the host to convert Postscript to PDF. This gives a much cleaner output if done correctly.

Allofich commented

Looking at the question again, maybe they did want to change font size. I thought they wanted to change the font to something other than Courier so was trying to do that, but couldn't do so even though that's supposed to be possible.

rderooy commented

From the description, I think he is selecting a different font type in the DOS application and it is not working as expected. But this depends on a combination of the DOS application (or rather its printer driver), and the emulated Epson printer implementation in DOSBox-X (which is not great).

Nobody is maintaining the emulated Epson printer implementation.

maron2000 commented

Just a workaround.
If you put a ttf font where specified in fontpath and rename it to courier.ttf the printout will use that font.
The image below uses Nouveau_IBM.ttf.
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Explanation of fontpath in the Wiki

fontpath

    Default value: FONTS

The path (directory) where the TrueType fonts (courier.ttf, ocra.ttf, roman.ttf, sansserif.ttf, script.ttf) are stored. Defaults to the FONTS subdirectory in the current working directory (or where the DOSBox-X executable is located).

TrueType fonts are used when printing text to the virtual Epson printer. They are not used when printing in graphics mode.
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