question about printing

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Jim Asman (Tue, 10 May 2005 10:00:02 -0700):

> --------------- Original Message ---------------
> At 08:36A Tue May 10 2005, Bob Rasmussen wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 10 May 2005, Butch Ammon wrote:
> >
> > > ...
> > > Take regular serial printer cable off Unix dot matrix printer and
> > > plug into the back of the Datamax label machine.
[...]
> > It sounds like this is a "Windows-only" ("brain-dead") printer.
> > ICE-TCP is succeeding because it's using the Windows printer driver.
> > But pumping characters directly to the printer does not. If I am
> > right, then you will not be able to use the printer directly from
>  Unix.
>
> I suspect that this is NOT a Windows only printer as Bob suggested,
> but rather that when connected to the RS-232 port on SCO a NULL MODEM
> is required.

It would probably help to know the actual printer model number, rather
than simply "Datamax label machine".

What printer language does the manufacturer say it supports?

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