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Date: Sun 31-Aug-1991 15:47:30 From: zazula@bonehead.tucson.az.us (Ralph Zazula) Subject: Re: 24 Pin Matrix Printer on a NeXT? writes > > I suspect the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask. I have an NEC P5200 > 24 pin dot matrix printer, and I'd like to know if I would be able to use > it if I bought a NeXT. Is there is a parallel port on the NeXT? > > Are there ANY other printing alternatives? > > Thanks! > > Jim > -- > ---------------------.-----------------------------------------------. > | Jim Bernatowicz | Spring: Bowling Green St Univ - Graduated! | > | | Summer: Off to Eastman Kodak, Rochester, NY | > | Cleveland FN: an602 | Fall: Start at The University of Michigan | I was able to find a Serial-to-Parallel converter for about $75 and I now have my epson compatible dot-matrix printer hooked up to my NeXT serial port. I can print ASCII text just fine. I tried modifying the iwf program (by Eric P. Scott) but I never got it to work 100% correctly... Ralph
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