[Coco] Printing utility for linux users

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 16 May 2008, mike delyea wrote:
>Speaking of printers, I have an HP Laserjet 4.  Will an ORDINARY
>serial to parallel converter work with the coco (provided I build a
>coco serial to 9 pin serial adapter) given that the coco's serial port
>is not 5 volts?  This printer is old but its solid and I can get
>replacement toner/drum cartridges for $70.00.

I rather doubt it Mike, I'm fairly sure that printer doesn't have a rastering 
engine in it & speaks some dialect of PCL.  However, since it does have a 
parport & its 2 bills cheaper than running out and getting a new HL-2140 & 
all them $40 each usb cables, it would sure be worth a try.  Let us know 
please.

>On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:24 AM, John W. Linville
>
><linville at tuxdriver.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 06:56:58AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>> Because many of us do not have decent printers that still understand
>>> ascii from the coco's we all love, here is a couple of utils that can
>>> restore your ability to make hard copy of your program listings and such.
>>>  And no, I didn't write very much of this, a fellow named Jon LaBadie on
>>> the amanda-user list did 95% of it.  He is a script genius.
>>
>> Hey, Gene!  That's cool.
>>
>> A casual glance suggests that this works for ASCII text only.
>> Anyone put any thought to DMP or CGP (or Epson or whatever) emulation?
>>
>> John
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