On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 at 12:28:33, Jérôme Grimbert wrote:
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>Only option so far is to be picky when buying the printer, checking
>that there is at least a parallel port (and one that does not need
>ECP/EPP, but plain good old parallel port, mono-directional... and no
>fancy mandatory cartridge management...)
>I just like my LX-800 and BJC-600...
I think my Brother laser printers (HL-1250 and the newer HL-1430) might
handle plain text, and they have parallel ports (as well as USB).
The manual says it has an Epson FX-850 mode.
It says it needs setting using a DOS utility.
This suggests plain chr commands, so it may well be possible to emulate
this. Interestingly, there is also an optional serial interface.
The 1430 is particularly good value from www.novatech.co.uk at £118 or
so including VAT.
I bought the 1430 as I needed a new drum and toner for the old 1250.
It was cheaper to buy a new printer!
I thought this sort of economics only applied to inkjets.
The 1250 is still perfectly good for text printing with the old
consumables. In particular, I expect the drum is good for another 10,000
copies. It is only showing tiny blemishes on continuous graphics (and
the drum warning LED is on).
I don't have them connected direct to DOS (or QL) so can't be 100% sure
that the windows driver is not converting. Does anyone have one set up
outside windows to test? If not I will try with a QL.
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