Impact Printer OSX

[Juan Bofill]

I think the easiest might be an Epson 890N that comes with drivers or  
a Leopart Mac with the new USB Epson Drivers. Or a Windows Box...

Juan

On 12-01-2010, at 11:52, Mike Matthews wrote:

> Yes it does, and they are not nice.  Studio still uses COM & LPT  
> ports for printing direct ascii to the printer.  Not seen those for  
> many moons, but you can upgrade by adding a card.
>
> Mac users are stuffed however, I have had to use the graphic print  
> driver for Epson with OSX, works ok even over TCP/IP, but slow.
>
> Another way with Epson printers with network cards is to send the  
> text file via TFTP to the printer.  I had problems keeping  
> registration, but the printer can go at it's max speed.
>
> Not as good as the old days however.
>
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> On 12 Jan 2010, at 16:01, Juan Bofill wrote:
>
>> I think that means some kind of USB to serial adapter will be  
>> needed? Can I select the USB pot and then send ASCII characters to  
>> it?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Juan
>>
>> On 12-01-2010, at 10:01, Gavin Foster wrote:
>>
>>> We used to use Mannesman Tally printers. They were chosen for  
>>> their speed and (I think) worked with Mac years ago, before we  
>>> migrated to Windows.
>>> You will need to check the current status of Tally drivers on Mac  
>>> OSX before proceeding.
>>>
>>> Remember that if you are looking for pure performance, you should  
>>> send ASCII characters to port, rather than printing via a printer  
>>> driver. You lose the ability to change fonts, print graphics like  
>>> background objects (rectangles etc) and you can't position with  
>>> pixel accuracy. However, sending ascii to a directly connected  
>>> (not networked) printer and letting the printer print using it's  
>>> own internal font set is an old fashioned way of churning out  
>>> high volumes rapidly.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>> Gav
>>>
>>> On 12 Jan 2010, at 14:05, Juan Bofill wrote:
>>>
>>>> Keith,
>>>>
>>>> What does SL mean?
>>>>
>>>> Juan
>>>>
>>>> On 12-01-2010, at 8:02, Keith Bartlett wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There are drivers in SL
>>>>
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