read epson fx-1 printer output

[slipstick]

I have a device that outputs what appears to be a hex string to a printer format called FX-1. I looked into the output and it appears to be some kind of hex image map that the printer would understand as an image.

Has anyone here dealt with output intended for a printer and tried to decode - translate it into a regular bitmap or some other kind of image? Or does anyone know of a program that emulates the Epson FX-1?

Tay

[Hueter]

I tried seraching around and I can't find much general information about FX-1. Do you know where you can find an API?

If it is just sending the hex data over serial or (LPT1). you can jsut write a VISA driver for it.

Alternatly if you can find a dll driver, ActiveX interface or C source code we can reuse it in LabVIEW.

-Hunter

[Intaris]

I did something like this in the past.....

I can't remember the format I used but I basically needed to convert each 8-bit value to 8 booleans which then represented 8 VERTICAL pixels.  The next byte was the next 8 pixels to the right of the last one until the EOL byte (Which I can't remember).

Pure trivia but maybe it'll help.....

Shane