Few points about Dot-matrix Printers(DMP) If it is usb the device file will be /dev/usb/lp[0-n]. /dev/lp[0-n] if it is parallel. A simple cat >/dev/usb/lp0 will print. Some printers will start only after encountering \f form feed. The permission on the device will be usually root or lp. You may have to adjust permissions. I have about 25 DMPs. I do not use cups as it is very slow. I have my own perl scripts which take care of printing DMP's over the network, If required I can give it. Since the above supports epson esc-p system, no need for any driver for printing plain text. Just cat will do.
About cost: Though DMPs are expensive to buy they are cheap to print - about 2-3 paise per page. However, I think for such small sized printer I feel there is no advantage with DMP. Raman.P blog:http://ramanchennai.wordpress.com/ _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
