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From: alan@wor.umd.edu (Alan Joseph Schunemann)
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Subject: Re: Printer help
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Date: 7 Feb 91 02:33:54 GMT
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In article <17688@cs.utexas.edu> osborn@cs.utexas.edu (John Howard Osborn) writes:
>In article <6FEB91142917@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu> zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu writes:
>>Hey, anyone out there????  I also would like to know if a dot-matrix
>>(ie. EPSON,PROPRINTER) can be hooked up to a NeXT.  I'm assuming you
>>would do this via one of the serial ports.  Ideally, one would want
>>a way to convert postscript to dot-matrix graphics.  But, being able
>>to print plain ASCII text (ie. source code, mail messages, etc.) would
>>be a good starting point.  Is it as simple as getting a serial-to-parallel
>>cable???

Let me rephrase this. HOW do you set up the system to handle a serial printer
on a serial port? Just a "dumb" line printer. Thanks!
Alan
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