OT - switching from oki590 color to epsonc84

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Sat, Jul 22, 2006 at 02:21:03PM -0400, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> > 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.)

Yes, those printers appear to be in that last category, by actual test.

Cheers,
-- jra
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