question about printing

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Tue, May 10, 2005 at 10:00:02AM -0700, Jim Asman wrote:
> > It sounds like this is a "Windows-only" ("brain-dead") printer. ICE-TCP is
> > succeeding because it's using the Windows printer driver. But pumping
> > characters directly to the printer does not. If I am right, then you will
> > not be able to use the printer directly from Unix.
> 
> I suspect that this is NOT a Windows only printer as Bob suggested,
> but rather that when connected to the RS-232 port on SCO a NULL MODEM
> is required.

It might well require one... but, from personal experience, you *still*
have to send it the appropriate Datamax setup strings before you can
print to it.  And, yes, to my knowledge, there *is* a Windows driver
for it, which would explain why he could print to it from Windows.

You never *did* say, dude, whether you were interested in our Datamax
output formats.  :-}

Cheers,
-- jra
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