OT: Braindead printers with the old Q & A program...

[Mike Schwartz]

     I was trying to find a "brain-dead" printer list on the 'Net, but the
only lists I can find are pretty old.  Do any of you know if somebody
maintains a list or web site for the brain-dead anymore?  (A list of
non-brain-dead printers would probably be shorter nowdays.)  

 

     I'm searching for a printer that will attach to a laptop (USB or
parallel) and work with the old (circa 1988) Q & A database program.  This
customer had been using an Epson (USB) printer that would print from a DOS
prompt by:

 

1)      sharing it in Windows Network

2)      In a DOS command window, type  "net use LPT1: //IBMLAP4/Epson4"

3)      Then type:  dir > lpt1  

 

     The customer bought a new HP Deskjet D4260, and I can map it following
the instructions above, but when I try to send straight ascii text to it,
the print just jams up in the print queue, so I presume the D4260 is
"brain-dead".

 

     HP recommend that I try the following models, but I think they did that
just because they have parallel ports:

 

HP Business Inkjet 1200d  ($199.00)

 

HP Officejet Pro K850 ($399.00)

 

HP Business Inkjet 2800 ($499.00)

 

HP LaserJet P3005  ($549.00)

 

     If you have one of these models, would you mind trying the instructions
above and letting me know how you make out?    

 

Thanks!

 

Mike Schwartz

 

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