Mailing Lists: Apple Mailing Lists
Image of Mac OS face in stamp
 
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Dot matrix-stlye printing for OS X

Karl Kraft wrote:
I noticed this as well. I have a recently purchased epson that I was
going to try out, and wondered if anyone had an idea as to how well
this works out. Will it dither gray scale? If I'm printing 7 inch
long forms, do I just image them as 7" long pages?

Yes, the drivers provide basic grayscale printing (dot matrix
definitely brings back memories of print quality past... :)

Use the custom page size support to print the proper length page
for the forms.

It is a parallel printer. AFAIK there are no parallel cards for OSX.
So the plan is to hook it up to a LPR capable print adaptor or spare
linux box. Has anyone tried this?

A USB-to-parallel adapter may do the trick, although we've had a
lot of reports of problems specifically with the Epson and Keyspan
USB-to-parallel cables (Belkin seems OK so far) and 10.2; no
reports on 10.3 yet, but I still have an open Radar bug (#3388108)
on it that hasn't been responded to yet...

--
______________________________________________________________________
Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products mike at easysw dot com
Printing Software for UNIX http://www.easysw.com
_______________________________________________
printing mailing list | email@hidden
Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/printing
Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.
References: 
 >Dot matrix-stlye printing for OS X (From: J Langlois <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Dot matrix-stlye printing for OS X (From: Michael Sweet <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Dot matrix-stlye printing for OS X (From: Karl Kraft <email@hidden>)



Visit the Apple Store online or at retail locations.
1-800-MY-APPLE

Contact Apple | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2007 Apple Inc. All rights reserved.