[comp.sys.next] Epson printer drivers for the NeXT

jsh44765@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jonathan S Hofmann) (04/12/91)

   Hi, I was wondering if anyone out there has hacked together a printer driver
for the Epson LX-80 out there. I'm getting a NeXTstation, and, being a 
student, can't afford the Laser printer. I have, however, an Epson LX-80
printer that I use currently. The cable (centronics DB-25 to DB-9) shouldn't
be a problem (a straight hardware hack) but I've no experiance at all with 
printer drivers. Has anybody connected their dot-matrix printer to a NeXT?
Thanks!

                                                  -Scott Hofmann
                                             hofmann@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXT)

eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott) (04/12/91)

We have dozens of EPSON printers here, but they all have parallel
interfaces.  This makes them USELESS for direct connection to a
NeXT, so I haven't put in the effort (not that it would be much
effort).  There's a simple explanation why I did an ImageWriter
driver instead: I could.

					-=EPS=-