Which dot-matrix printer will work on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine - Old Hardware Warning

[Ian Coetzee]

On 2010/04/15 12:13 PM, Ian Coetzee wrote:
> On 2010/04/15 11:47 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>    
>> On 15/04/10 18:55, Ian Coetzee wrote:
>>
>>      
>>> Hi guys, this might seem like a strange question, but here it goes
>>> (warning this message is not for the feint of heart).
>>>
>>> I have an option to aquire one of the folowing dot-matrix printer,
>>> however I have been unable to find out whether any of them works on
>>> ubuntu (my Epson LQ-400 did not work :( )
>>>
>>>        * Oki Microline 590 Elite
>>>        * Oki Microline 5590
>>>        * Oki Microline 390FB
>>>
>>> I have done some googling and tried looking at openprinting.
>>>
>>> In google I got to the OKI website and could not see whether they might
>>> work on linux.
>>>
>>> On openprinting not one of them is mentioned.
>>>
>>> Now my question is, does any of you have experience with any of the
>>> printers I mentioned above?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Ian
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> Have you tried here as a starting point: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FindPage  ?
>>
>> I found the answer to my scanner by doing a search for Supported
>> Hardware (or similar).
>>
>> BC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>      
> Hi Basil
>
> No I havent tried there, I just tried, but I am getting 5XX error
> messages :(
>
> I will try again later, thank you.
>
> Ian
>
>    
Looking at this page

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsPrintersOki

It seems a wee bit outdated *shrugs*

Regards
Ian