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PDW

Raytheon TDU-850 Printer Driver for Windows

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PDW is a Microsoft Windows printer driver for the Raytheon TDU-850 hardcopier. It provides a previously unavailable linkage between this printer and IBM PC compatibles running Microsoft Windows. This driver supports all the text and graphics features normally found in other laser printer drivers.

The user can ensure true WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) compatibility between the on-screen display of high-end application programs and the final hardcopy image because PDW supports the unique Microsoft Windows operating system requirement that printer drivers assist in the drawing of graphical objects on the video display as well as on the hardcopier.

PDW can be called upon by the Windows Graphical Device Interface (GDI) to draw graphical objects (circles, lines, etc.) directly to the hardcopier or to render graphical objects to shared memory so that the objects can then be copied to the video screen by the screen driver. This allows Microsoft Windows, in conjunction with the screen driver, to provide maximum WYSIWYG fidelity while a document is being composed whenever PDW is selected.

PDW can reside simultaneously on up to three separate PCs, each attached to a single Raytheon printer utilizing the printer's standard IEEE-488 (GPIB) interface. PDW contains special software to check for bus contention before attempting to access the printer.
PDW carries the NASA case number MSC-22444. It was originally released as part of the NASA COSMIC collection.
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