Heh, John, that one line: *You could rig up with a Pi, wimodem232 and a dot matrix printer emulator, and a socat script. *
Lots of learning for me in that. Wimodem232 I get. Pi I get. The printer emulator and especially socat are new. Not sure what the workflow would be, but would be an interesting project to explore, maybe this fall or winter. Good to know that the tools exist! Thanks!! --Brad On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 11:04 AM John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 28, 2021, 6:41 AM Brad Grier <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Good point Lloyd -- and how I'll likely proceed. Backpack is very cool >> and a great interim solution. >> >> Would be neat if there was such a thing as an RS-232 -> WiFi printer >> spooler that just sat on the RS-232 and sent print jobs to the local wifi >> printer. I did a quick search and couldn't see anything of the sort >> available, and I'm sure developing it would not be that easy, even using >> microcontrollers like the ESP8266 etc. >> >> --Brad >> >> > > You could rig up with a Pi, wimodem232 and a dot matrix printer emulator, > and a socat script. > > -- John. > -- -- Brad Grier
