On Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 6:41 AM Brad Grier <b...@bradgrier.com> wrote: > Good point Lloyd -- and how I'll likely proceed. Backpack is very cool and > a great interim solution. > > Would be neat if there was such a thing as an RS-232 -> WiFi printer > spooler that just sat on the RS-232 and sent print jobs to the local wifi > printer. I did a quick search and couldn't see anything of the sort > available, and I'm sure developing it would not be that easy, even using > microcontrollers like the ESP8266 etc. > > --Brad > >
You could rig up with a Pi, wimodem232 and a dot matrix printer emulator, and a socat script. -- John.
