I need to reduce character sizes for a couple of
heritage programs I keep in my DOS partition.
Recently I got an almost-new BJC-85, but the manual
just mentions what to click on in Windows or Mac,
neither of which I utilize. Does anyone know how
to shrink character sizes on the BJC-85 directly
with ESC sequences (or some other way)?

Otherwise this little Canon printer works fine.
Thanks to folks who answered an earlier query of
mine about it.

At
http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/co...mo delid=6620
you can find drivers, manual and specifications.

If you cannot find which are those esc codes, you may want to have a look at
Printfil, which connects DOS apps. to Windows printers (even virtual
printers and GDI - Windows-Only - printers).

You can find more info and a free trial version at http://www.printfil.com

Kind regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
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Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.printfil.com
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.aswit.com/odbc4all
@Kill - Batch Close Windows Applications - Freeware
http://www.aswit.com/akill
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Davide Guolo wrote:

Thanks. I'm in linux, which Canon officially doesn't support,
but I'll have a look anyway.

If your linux app. is used on a Windows machine via Telnet, Printfil could
help you anyway. If you need help configuring the free trial in your
environment, please contact us directly at
http://www.printfil.com/esupp.htm

Regards,
Davide Guolo
aSwIt s.r.l.
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Printfil - Windows Printing System for Applications
http://www.printfil.com
Odbc4All - Connection to ODBC Data Sources for any Application
http://www.aswit.com/odbc4all
@Kill - Batch Close Windows Applications - Freeware
http://www.aswit.com/akill
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Davide Guolo wrote:

Thanks again! My last post was pretty stupid,
since I'm using DOS applications in my DOS
partition - it's all happening in my box at home,
no telnet involved.

I guess I was snapping at the idea of communicating
with a firm that doesn't support linux. But I wrote
them anyways and am waiting (without holding my
breath) for an answer.

As far as I am aware, you have three choices: get a printer that uses a
parallel port; change software to a windows version so you can use the
printer on the USB port; try a program
such as DOSPRN.

http://www.dosprn.com/

I can make no comment on its abilities since I know only that it is
said to
do what you want.