CCS64 Forum

This is the only thing I am still missing in any C64 emulator. Why on earth is it possible that a C64 emulator can emulate a VIC, SID, datasette, 1541, 1571, 1581, a 1531 mouse and joysticks and is it impossible to emulate an MPS80x or ESC/P printer?
Is a tool available somewhere that can read a raw print file generated by CCS64 or WinVice, convert it and pass it to a Windows printer?
I don't know much of this stuff, but I think it must be possible, or am I missing something?
Anyway, it should be great to run programs like Print Shop or The Newsroom and make REAL printouts with it to a laser/inkjet printer!

There is a VICE2PS (VICE-to-PostScript) utility, for use with VICE output. I assume that it is not fully possible, due to various character/hardware differences.

I have tried Vice2PS, but the only thing you can do with it is print plain text in a Commodore matrixprinter-looking font.
What I want to do is make graphical printouts with Print Master of maybe Geos.

I just can't believe that it can't be done in an emulator. When printing from a real Computer to a matrix printer the following happens:
- Printer waits for input via serial/centronics interface.
- When a complete line of data/commands or a Carriage Return character is received, the line is printed and the print head is moved to the home location.

To make this work in an emulator, I think the following has to be done:
- Emulate the ROM of the printer so that printer commands are recognised and processed correctly.
- Instead of moving the print head and pushing the needles on the paper, a bitmap file can be created that sets the pixels on the right place.

Again, I am a real noob, but this doesn't sound extremely difficult to me, or am I missing something?
Comments welcome!