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From: crmeyer@voodoo.ucsb.edu
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Subject: Re: Help hooking Daisy Wheel Printer II to IBM pc
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Date: 22 Sep 90 02:57:22 GMT
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In article <1990Sep21.155703.19465@chinet.chi.il.us>, les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes...
>In article <2134@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM> rmackenz@cipc1.Dayton.NCR.COM (Robert Mackenzie) writes:
>>At our church, we have a Daisy Wheel II printer connected to a TRS80 
>>Model III.  Recently, we acquired an IBM compatible pc and we wish to
>>use the printer on both systems.  Does anyone know how to hook the Daisy
>>Wheel printer to the pc, or even if it is possible? 
> 
>Physically, it should just require a parallel cable (the normal IBM PC
>type).  However, you probably won't be able to use it directly from
>DOS.  You will need to use programs that have a driver especially for
>this printer or that allow you to build your own driver.  The problems
>under MSDOS will be (a) the printer does both a carriage return and
>linefeed when it receives a linefeed (if it's a IIb there should be a
>control code you can send to control this), and (b) it doesn't understand
>formfeeds. 

Most, but not all, Radio Shack printers have a dipswitch or a jumper
inside the printer to disable the auto line-feed function. Check the
manual.


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