OT - switching from oki590 color to epsonc84

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Jul 22, 2006, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>Quoting Jay R. Ashworth (Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:22:48 -0400):
>
>> On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 09:55:37AM -0700, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> > >To the best of my knowledge and belief, the only thing you can get
>> > >out of the Epson C-series inkjets from a unix box is 10-pitch black;
>> > >no bold or italics even.
>[...]
>> Ok, to clarify: *if you send ASCII text directly in the parallel port
>> on an Epson C-series inkjet*, that's all you'll get. I *tried* sending
>> it ESC/p2 sequences, and it didn't work out for me. This was on a
>> C-84, perhaps the -86s and -88s are different.
>
>The C84 uses "ESC/P Raster", not "ESC/P2". From the sounds of it, it's
>one of those brain-dead "host-based" printers. I have no idea if it is
>even capable of printing plain ASCII text. (Some "host-based" printers
>can't even do that. Some have just enough brains to print a single
>10-pitch monospaced font.)

That's why, for accounting type applications, I much prefer plain old ascii
printers using very simple printer drivers, particularly for things line
point-of-sale applications where the Okidata 320 series have done yeoman
service for years.

I don't need or want fancy graphics for invoices and accounting reports.

I was *VERY* happy when CUPS implemented the standard SYSV style commands
and interface scripts instead of just the BSD-style LPD commands.

Bill
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