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

[Ian Coetzee]

On 2010/04/15 04:08 PM, Rashkae wrote:
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>> The only snafu I see as likely is the need to configure your printer
>> emulation to the same model as what you configure as your printer type
>> in cups.... Example, I believe IBM Proprinter was one of the common
>> emulation types.
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>> The pertinent details are whether the printer is standard width or wide
>> carriage, and 9-pin vs. 24-pin.  So generally, you only have 4 possible
>> configurations to deal with.
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> Follow up to that.. personally, I would stick with Epson emulation.  Use
> the generic Epson Dot Matrix driver for 9-pin printers, and the LQ-24
> driver for 24-pin printers.
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Havent thought of it like that.... I will look into that, thank you Rashkea

Regards
Ian
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