At 10:39 PM -0400 6/26/05, Brian McEwen wrote:
Hi all;
I have a new-to-me portable printer, the Citizen Notebook Printer
II. Its thermal, I like the output, and it won't clog like an
inkjet one would as it sits for ages doing nothing. And I can get
the thermal tape for it for $7 at Staples. the battery is great.
Seems perfect for light use, and even fits into my laptop bag nicely.
However, I don't think I can do anything with it under OSX.
Keyspan makes a cable adapter but says GIMP-Print needed for
drivers; GIMP-print has only one Citizen printer listed, one that
uses the laserjet driver so very different. I don't see a way to
put the Citizen Notebook Printer II into an Epson mode... but I've
also not found a real manual. I have looked at the list of
configurable options at powerup of the printer though.
Strydent/Powerprint has the 5.0 product which is not actually
available for sale form their shopping cart, which isn't a good
sign. They list a ton of compatible Citizen printers but say
nothing re: OSX and nothing about the particular model printer I
have.
Does someone know if this has an Epson mode I can put it into, or if
I could print to it as a lpr somehow if I get it some sort of
network adapter?
I know this thing is old but it fits more of my niche need than one
of the more curent portables I've seen lately.
Anyone have any information to share about it? Recollections even-
Citizen is gone, no online records seem to exist, I've looked for
ages.
According to the Citizen website,
http://www.citizen-america.com/drivers/Printer_Driver_Chart.htm this
printer is compatible with an Epson LQ-2550. You should be able to
find a driver for this in one of the Epson printer packages on the
2nd and 3rd install disk of Panther.
Also, here is an extract from
http://www.citizen-america.com/drivers/printer_driver_faq.htm
13 I need a printer driver for my Notebook Printer II, PN60, or
PN60i to use with my Macintosh.
We have a driver for these printers that worked with older versions
of the Macintosh operating system (versions 6.7 to 7.5). We no
longer support this driver and recommend using the Stylewriter or
Stylewriter II (some customers have reported success using the
Stylewriter 1200 or 1500) drivers from Apple. You may need to change
the Stylewriter Disable/Enable setting in your printer (in the
VuePrint Menu options; see your manual for information). If you wish
to use the unsupported Citizen driver we have included it and some
text files below. Also, some people have reported problems
downloading our driver file. Since we provide limited support for
Macintosh computers, we cannot help with downloading problems with a
Macintosh. For support on the Stylewriter drivers you will need to
contact Apple.
* Notebook Printer II/PN60 Macintosh Driver V2.0 (567K)
* Mac driver installation instructions (2K - text)
* Driver Notes for Macintosh printer driver (11K - text)
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Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney
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