--- In "j.chitte" <> wrote:
>
> winprinters are like winmodems, ie they are only half of what they
> claim to be.
>
> It's not case of USB or otherwise but that most modern printers cant
> print and most are USB. No need to search out antiquated stuff like
> dot matrix.
>
Well, dot-matrix is still the only character-at-a-time printer out
there. Good for environments where power is unstable, or where
physical environment is extremely harsh. With a page-at-a-time
printer like an inkjet or laser you lose the last page if you lose
power or suffer a crash. Really bad if you're logging critical items
like machine control.
> I suggest you look at Epson. Their printers are still real printers
> and to that extent often better for linux or macOS printing. Anything
> claiming to support EscP codes should work even on old linux systems
> like the std TS 2.4 releases since that is the protocol that dates
> back to dot matrix times. AFAIK Epson are the only ones to still
> support this.
Cool. Thanks for the pointers.
--Yan
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