Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??

[Robert Newson]

gwicks wrote:

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From: "Marcel Kilgus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [ql-users] What printers do people use with their QL??



"Phoebus R. Dokos (Φοίβος Ρ. Ντόκος)" wrote:

Besides that, in reality EVERY printer can work with the QL with the
following workaround (that has been explained before by Marcel if I
am not mistaken).
Yes. But I have given up on the subject. IIRC the only comment to the
the German article I wrote about the subject was Geoff who wanted to
do an English translation. This appeared and the response was zero,
nada.
Unfortunately this is only too true. At about the same time I wrote an
article for the Quanta Magazine suggesting that the ultimate death of the QL
would be because we could no longer use printers with it. This produced one
reaction. IIRC about a year later Colin Baskett tried to raise the subject
again, but this produced little reaction.
We have just buried our heads over the printer problem. Two years ago it was
obvious that the parallel interface was on its way out, but people are only
beginning to realise this now. What is the point of the Q60 if there will
soon be no printers for it. Now people are suggesting that we should turn to
the second hand market (assuming that ribbons and cartridges for these
ancient beasts remain available).
Marcel has provided a solution to the printer problem for a large number of
QL users, but instead we prefer to behave like a group of tramps rooting in
dustbins for someone's discarded sandwiches.
How about the method I print from my Z88:  Down serial port to another 
computer which inputs the serial port and puts it out to the printer (in my 
case on the parallel port/ethernet to another computer which has USB ports, 
but only a DMP attached to // port.




I personally have zero need for SMSQ/E printing functionality anyway.


I think this is what will happen to me. I have already decided to do all my
spreadsheets on a PC  and it is only a little step further to do my word
processing on a PC as well. Then I shall be using the QL for nothing more
than my own programs and  program development.
Geoff Wicks

http://members.lycos.co.uk/geoffwicks/justwords.htm

PS: I am having a little trouble displaying the new QL colours on my green
monitor (sob). Can anyone help? (burst of laughter).
My monitor's got a GREEN/RGB toggle switch ^_^