Ethan - There are pallets of printers as well, although I don't remember any of the brands besides Okidata. TK
On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Ethan Dicks <ethan.di...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: > > I didn't see any printers mentioned, but I'm specifically looking for a > DEC LP32 series band printer, or perhaps another printer made for use with > the DMF32 controller. > > > > http://vt100.net/docs/tp83/chapter16.html > > We had an LP25 on our DMF32. ISTR it's a Dataproducts B300 or > something close to that. It was a bit fiddly when it got old (I was > the one that got to fix it when it broke), but we ran multiple boxes > of paper through it per day. It was _the_ printer on a VAX-11/750 > with 75 to 10 users (decreasing over time)... developers code > listings, non-letter-quality documentation (serial LA210 for the "good > stuff", used sparingly), diagnostic sheets in every product box, > e-mails, calendars, customer lists... ASCII art. ;-) > > I think there's a simple circuit (a few TTL inverters and a pin > swabbing cable) to use an LA-180 (i.e., _non_ Dataproducts printer) on > the DC37 on a DMF-32. The basic lines are all the same but a couple > of them need their sense inverted. An LA-180 is much lighter > (van-sized and small pallet) as long as you don't need massive > volumes. One could also rig up a Personal Computer-grade dot matrix > printer with a Centronics interface similarly, if the goal is just to > have some form of hardcopy, not specifically to "enjoy" the > band/chain-printer experience. It is fun, though, watching and > listening to a band printer fire up and zip through greenbar paper. > > -ethan >