On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan <cont...@nileshgr.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Gentoo, and I'm thinking of buying this printer: > http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370533563484 > > The printer specification says that it can emulate Epson ESC/P and IBM > Proprinter command sets. > > I saw CUPS documentation and it is written that printers supporting > Epson ESC/P command set are supported on Linux. > http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html#EPSON9 > > I'd like to know if anybody is using this printer here on this list or, > does it require some hardware switch changes, etc (like jumper settings) > to make the printer comply to particular command set? I'm buying a dot > matrix printer for the first time, please help. It's urgent.
Don't know. Don't have one. However, the manufacturer appears to still be in business, and that looks like it's a current product. Perhaps you could ask them? Their website isn't in the greatest of shape, but they do list a telephone number. http://www.tvs-e.in/branch-details.aspx -- :wq
