Re: [Hampshire] 9-pin dot matrix printing - golden oldie
> What I want to do is get it to print native characters instead of treating > everything as graphics. I have it printing “graphics” fine via CUPS but > it’s printing everything (even lines of code) as graphics – so it’s very > slow. > > > > And for the curious – no – I’m not having this replace my modern printer – > but I hate to see working tech binned – and besides which I have a box of > untouched fanfold paper in the loft. > > > Hi, You will probably need to find an option for text mode, or use a generic character printer driver. I forget what the driver name is called. You will probably need to power cycle the printer to get it out of graphics mode. James -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] 9-pin dot matrix printing - golden oldie
Hi all Anyone know / remember how to configure a 9-pin dot matrix printer with lpr on a modern distro (e.g. Ubuntu)? As I recall from way back, you could do lpr file.txt and it would go straight to the printer. lpq gave a print queue. I've lpstat -t but it's not detecting the printer. What I want to do is get it to print native characters instead of treating everything as graphics. I have it printing "graphics" fine via CUPS but it's printing everything (even lines of code) as graphics - so it's very slow. And for the curious - no - I'm not having this replace my modern printer - but I hate to see working tech binned - and besides which I have a box of untouched fanfold paper in the loft. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
