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

[Dirk-Richter]

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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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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.