* On 2021 10 May 16:05 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > I use a dot-matrix printer with tractor feed to print self-adhesive > address labels. There is no formatting; just several lines of plain > text, one address per file. There is no driver; the printer is > managed by CUPS to receive "raw" data. I print labels using the "lpr" > command.
Oh wow, memories! In the summer of 1990 while going to electronics school I bought a Panasonic KX-P1124 24 pin dot matrix printer. That set me back a few hundred bucks at the time but it was worth it to be able to submit near letter quality lab reports and schematic drawings. I used it for several years afterward until I bought a Deskjet (one and done with that tech) and then bartered my way into a laser printer. I don't recall if I gave the '1124 away or sent it to recycling several years ago. :-( - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Web: https://www.n0nb.us Projects: https://github.com/N0NB GPG fingerprint: 82D6 4F6B 0E67 CD41 F689 BBA6 FB2C 5130 D55A 8819
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