06320: any computer with lx800 printer: Various problems when using centronics printers

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
06320	Core	Minor	Always	Jul 22, 2016, 09:07	Oct 11, 2020, 20:44

Tester	Robbbert	View Status	Public	Platform
Assigned To	cuavas	Resolution	Fixed	OS	Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Resolved			Driver
Version	0.175	Fixed in Version	0.226	Build
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	06320: any computer with lx800 printer: Various problems when using centronics printers
Description	There are some issues that occur when loading a printer into the centronics slot : 1. If lx800 is used, by default the printer's artwork takes precedence over the computer screen, covering it up. You can go to the video options and select the computer screen, but in reality there should be 2 screens, one for the computer and one for the printer's control panel. 2. A printer has various keys assigned to operate the buttons. These are activated together with the computer's keys. For example if you follow the sorcerer example below, whenever E is pressed the printer will eject a sheet of paper. There's no way to switch the keyboard between machines, unless you want to reassign all the printer's keys. 3. Now, while it appears that none of the centronics printers in MAME are actually working at this time, the screen and keyboard issues still need to be addressed. 4. How do you get a print-file output from a printer?
Steps To Reproduce	super80 -centronics lx800 sorcerer -centronics lx810l
Additional Information	https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/418 also some parts of https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/350
Github Commit

Flags
Regression Version	never worked
Affected Sets / Systems	any computer with lx800 printer

Attached Files

No.15409 Robbbert Moderator Sep 6, 2018, 13:49	Updated report to show that only #2 is still an issue.
No.18051 Robbbert Moderator Oct 11, 2020, 20:44	Cuavas has fixed the keyboard sharing problem. You can now choose which system gets keyboard input.