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From: Mark Hobley on 5 Apr 2008 10:08
I am looking for a generic ascii text line printer for printing
program listings onto continuous sprocket fed stationary. These seem to
be somewhat out of fashion with the computer shops all selling inkjet and
lazer printers, I don't seem to be able to find a current model.

What do people use these days for program listings?

I don't want to spend lots of money, but I would prefer a new machine,
if possible. It is only for home/personal use.

Mark.

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From: Aragorn on 5 Apr 2008 11:49
Mark Hobley wrote:

> I am looking for a generic ascii text line printer for printing
> program listings onto continuous sprocket fed stationary. These seem to
> be somewhat out of fashion with the computer shops all selling inkjet and
> lazer printers, I don't seem to be able to find a current model.
>
> What do people use these days for program listings?
>
> I don't want to spend lots of money, but I would prefer a new machine,
> if possible. It is only for home/personal use.

I believe I have read somewhere of a brand that released such a printer
recently, albeit that I think it uses either LED technology or inkjet
heads. It may have been OKI, but I could be grossly wrong there.

You could of course also try to find one of those old Star LC10s or so on
eBay... :p Oh, and while you're at it, you may scout eBay for ear
protection as well... :p

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From: Trevor Hemsley on 5 Apr 2008 11:53
On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 14:08:04 UTC in comp.os.linux.hardware,
markhobley(a)hotpop.donottypethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) wrote:

> I am looking for a generic ascii text line printer for printing
> program listings onto continuous sprocket fed stationary. These seem to
> be somewhat out of fashion with the computer shops all selling inkjet and
> lazer printers, I don't seem to be able to find a current model.
>
> What do people use these days for program listings?
>
> I don't want to spend lots of money, but I would prefer a new machine,
> if possible. It is only for home/personal use.

A quick search of dabs.com for "dot matrix" got me 50 hits. When sorted by price
it looks like the cheapest there is an Epson LX-300+ II at �117.45. It says it
handles continuous forms which sounds like the sort of thing you're looking for?

Nevre used one, wouldn't know it if it fell on my head :-) No idea about Linux
support either.

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From: Wolfgang Draxinger on 6 Apr 2008 20:15
Trevor Hemsley wrote:

> Nevre used one, wouldn't know it if it fell on my head :-) No
> idea about Linux support either.

Those things don't need drivers at all. Just send the raw text
to /dev/lp

Wolfgang Draxinger
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From: Allodoxaphobia on 7 Apr 2008 17:17
On Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:15:14 +0200, Wolfgang Draxinger wrote:
> Trevor Hemsley wrote:
>
>> Nevre used one, wouldn't know it if it fell on my head :-) No
>> idea about Linux support either.
>
> Those things don't need drivers at all. Just send the raw text
> to /dev/lp

Ya, but...
I think you'll need more than the normal *nix EOL.
You'll need the ol' original <CR><LF> combo [ x'0A0D' ] from the days of
yore and the era of the ASR-33.

Just a Heads Up.

Jonesy
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