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From: Roderick Klein <rwkleinDESPAM@DESPAMmenshys.nl>

Haarlem, The Netherlands

Mensys B.V. is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with 
Vitaliy Tymchyshyn from the Ukraine.  With this agreement all rights for 
the WIN32PRN project and source code are transferred to Mensys.

Mr Tymchyshyn has started the WIN32PRN project in 2002 and worked on making 
a base to load the Windows printer driver DLL's on OS/2. More information 
on this project can be found on www.os2warp.be: 
http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=win32prn
(Please note that this website still needs to be updated and that the 
downloads no longer work).

We however wanted to inform the community that with the transfer of the 
source code we want to make the project move forward again as soon as 
possible. This in answer to the frequently seen question in public forums 
what happened to the WIN32PRN project. Obviously we are committed to 
provide better printer support on the eComStation platform.


The WIN32PRN project explained:

The WIN32PRN project aims (with the help of the ODIN project) to run 
Windows printer driver DLL's on OS/2/eComStation. A printer driver for a 
printer is a different kind of driver than for example a network or 
videocard driver. Most drivers that control a device run on at kernel level 
of the operating system, because they require direct hardware access. 
However a printer driver (as its normally referred to) is basically a set 
of DLL (programs)  from a printer vendor that translate the data stream 
from the operating system in a data stream the printer of that vendor  can 
understand.

To print you basically need 2 kind of drivers. The first driver does run at 
kernel level just like a driver for a network card, in this case the driver 
that sends the data via hardware to your USB, parallel or serial port. 
This is mostly standardized and normally does not require a vendor specific 
driver.

The tricky part is the most inkjet printers and low end  laser printers 
normally use a printer language that is non-standard (like for example PCL 
or postscript).
What the printer driver in this case does, is that it sends a data stream 
to the printer that printer understands. The solution that WIN32PRN 
provides, is to create a printer object that loads the proper DLL files 
that normally run on Windows and that output is sent to the printer port 
under eComStation.

Current status of the project:

For the coming couple of months there is no beta to be expected, we are 
currently investigating the code and will announce more information as soon 
as it is appropriate.

Contact:

For any inquiries about this project, please contact

Mensys B.V.
Roderick Klein

+31-23-5482020
rwkleinDESPAM@DESPAMmenshys.nl

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