Hi Bryan,
>> Without any additional software,
>> a printer being used from DOS needs to be able to receive plain text,
>> with additional capabilities either through the industry standard ESC/P
>> (developed by Epson, who was for a long time the leader in printers
>> before laser printers started to show up, then they kind of missed the
>> bus) or by being "LaserJet II" (PCL3) compatible.
>
> That rules out my Brother HL-3150CDN colour laser printer.
>
>> An additional hurdle
>> is that a lot of (El Cheapo) printers these days aren't actually
>> processing "text/graphics into pixel" themselves anymore, but just
>> expect to get all the final pixel data from the OS, which is not a
>> problem for GUI OS like Windows or macOS, but pretty much is a no-go
>> when printing from DOS. Full stop.
>
> Yes, my printer is GDI only!
If there's no problem of shelf space, get a used HP LaserJet 4 printer
on eBay.
Cheers,
Robert
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