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Questions tagged [dot-matrix-printer]

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Alternate green/blue bars in PDF printout like old paper on dot-matrix printers

Is there any way to achieve this PDF output on Linux? By this I mean the alternate blue/green bars, which used to be pre-printed on paper for dot-matrix printers. The guides/holes in the sides would be a nice bonus! There is a program in Windows,…
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Fast way to print into a Dot Matrix printer

I have an EPSON FX printer, I generate PDF reports, 500-600 pages, when I send to print is too slow, because is printed as image. Searching in web I foud many options: -PostScript -PCL -ESC/P Reports only have letters and spaces, What would be the…
Vrian7
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Installing OKI ML 3320 on linux

I have an old 9-pin OKI ML 3320 dot-matrix printer and i can't get it to work properly with cups. When i send any document, the printer prints one line every ~13 seconds, often adding some random gibberish. using echo "text\nline2\nline3" >…
thekiwi5000
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Increase the letters per line in DOS Output

I am printing no of lines in DOS(CMD Prompt In Windows 7) using Batch file into DOT MATRIX Printer. Its A5 Paper. The problem is I cant able to add more than 53 characters per line for A5 print. How to increase the characters per line for this A5…
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How to adjust the printhead on a dot matrix printer?

We have an Epson LQ-590 that we use for pay slips. Our problem is that it's printing "too hard", in that you can read the print on the cover sheet of the slips, and you can quite easily make out the details. We've pulled the slider right back to 7,…
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Matrix printer only receives ~one character when SEL is pressed

I'm trying to get an OKI microline 3390 to work, and manually sending text to it as demonstrated here: (thirty-minute video). I understand the printer has to be selected for it to work, which on my model is labelled SEL. An indicator light comes on…
Minth-11
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Parallel data to file

this question is about catching printer data and writing it in a file. We use an old Unix system which is unfortunately crucial. This Unix system uses a matrix printer. This printer seems to get its driver from Unix and it happens often that the…
Ben de Boer
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How to shrink lines printed by SP300-2 (star micro dot matrix printer)

My old dot matrix printer (Star Micronics sp 300) broke and I bought the same model and plugged in the parallel port as usual. however, the printer prints this instead (the lines are spaced out) : https://i.sstatic.net/uQbSj.jpg Also the manual if…
user2532928
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Unable to output to lpt1: from cmd

I am running Windows 7 32-bit on an old laptop with an onboard parallel port. I have an Okidata Microline 320 printer connected to that port; the printer has been tested to work fine when printing from a Winterm in emulation mode. The ML320 driver…
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Read dot matrix printer data through parallel port

Current setup: I have a PLC that, under certain conditions, will print information to a dot-matrix printer that it is connected to. Desired setup: Replace the printer with a PC (which has a parallel port) that can read the data and save it to a…
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Dot matrix printer on Windows 10 using USB-to-parallel cable not working as expected

I'm trying to connect an OKI microline 3390 24-pin dot matrix printer to a windows 10 laptop, mainly to print PDFs. The printer only has a centronics 36-pin parallel port and the laptop only a USB one, so I use a (bidirectional) usb-to-parallel…
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Epson LQ590II ESC/P2 font pitch selection

This printer supports 10/12/15/17 and 20 cpi via the control panel buttons. I need to be able to set it programmatically, however the latest Epson ESC/P 2 manual I can find only lists a command to set it to 15 cpi maximum, that being [ESC] g Are…
Alan B
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How can I print with DOSbox using printer's settings

I have a program that runs on Dos, so I use DOSbox, SVN-Daum version, to run this program. Every function seems working fine except for the printing function. The problems are DOSbox use their own font in its directory with other print settings in…
cross_knight
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Block Notepad from editing

I generate a document in .txt format (because the document is printed with an old dot matrix printer). The problem is: User edit some data before printing the document, thats why I want to find some way to block Notepad edit (users only use notepad…
Vrian7
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How to print continuous on Epson Dot matrix printer LX-310, without any blank space?

I am trying to print continuously on a 6x12 inch continous paper, without any regard for perforation that comes at every 12inch of the paper. This is my problem: The document that i have is a bill receipt. so there could be either one item or ten…
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