neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) (09/06/88)
Is there an inexpensive wide column draft quality printer. We need to be able to print mailing labels and would rather not buy an Imagewriter LQ merely to print draft quality mailing labels. We need to be able to print 132 columns wide (about 13''). We have two TI omni 800 printers that we are presently using from our soon to retire HP3000. Has anyone had any luck with getting one of these to talk to a Mac? This would be the ideal solution. Would really appreciate any help. Steve Neruda (neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu)
alexis@dasys1.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) (09/07/88)
In article <21340@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) writes: >Is there an inexpensive wide column draft quality printer. We need to be > able to print mailing labels and would rather not buy an Imagewriter LQ > merely to print draft quality mailing labels. We need to be able to > print 132 columns wide (about 13''). > >We have two TI omni 800 printers that we are presently using from our soon > to retire HP3000. Has anyone had any luck with getting one of these to > talk to a Mac? This would be the ideal solution. Would really appreciate any > help. Yes. Most software, including Word, Foxbase, and many DBMSs, work just fine with Earle Horton's Daisy. Having obtained it just a little while ago, my experience with it is still fresh: it saved my ass. If your printer speaks anything resembling ascii, you should be just fine. If the printer is a parallel device, you'll need a parallel <--> serial converter, which should run you about $70 - $100 bucks. You'll need a tech type to figure out the pinouts. Some programs, like 4D, FoxBase V1.1, and Word, can speak to your serial port directly. In that case you wouldn't even need Daisy. If your application should somehow be incompatible with Daisy, you could just dump everything to disk as a text file and print it via Word (gross, but it'll work)... ---- Alexis Rosen {allegra,philabs,cmcl2}!phri\ Writing from {harpo,cmcl2}!cucard!dasys1!alexis The Big Electric Cat {portal,well,sun}!hoptoad/ Public UNIX if mail fails: ...cmcl2!cucard!cunixc!abr1 Best path: uunet!dasys1!alexis
daw@houxs.UUCP (David Wolverton) (09/07/88)
In article <21340@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>, neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Steve Neruda) writes: > Is there an inexpensive wide column draft quality printer. We need to be > able to print mailing labels and would rather not buy an Imagewriter LQ > merely to print draft quality mailing labels. We need to be able to > print 132 columns wide (about 13''). > > Steve Neruda (neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu) Sun Remarketing (which sells used Apple computers, as well as new Lisas :-) ), will sell you a wide-carriage Imagewriter I, according to some literature I picked up at Boston. I don't have their address/phone here; send me mail if you would like me to find it for you. For this printer, you don't need any new printer drivers. Dave