On 10/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I am no expert with ghostscript, however it appears there is a driver
> for
> > the Okidata Microline 320. Postscript can be interpreted by ghostscript
> on
> > plan9 and a bitmap of the page is then sent to the printer (rather than
> ASCII text).
> >
> > http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Okidata-ML_320
> >
> > Printing via ghostscript works - I use a cannon bubblejet printer on
> > plan9, but is it worth the effort supporting such an old printer when
> > bubblejets are so cheap these days?
> >
> > this is my bubblejet devices entry:
> >       canonbjc240l - - /dev/lpt1data - gs!bjc600+nohead generic nospool
> - - - -
> >
> > -Steve
>
> Okay, so it seems I need to recompile ghostscript to get that working...
> ahh, a
> journey of discovery!
> The reason I have the dot matrix is that it's so fun ☺ Hard to beat
> accordion
> paper and that dot-matrix screech!
>
> John
>
>
Screech or Preeow!  As Strongbad would say.... ☺

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