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From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard)
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Subject: Re: Printer help
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Date: 7 Feb 91 16:25:55 GMT
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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

Yes you can connect one to a serial port.

>a way to convert postscript to dot-matrix graphics.  But, being able
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I know I do. I have a Panasonic KXP-1524 and I would like to use it on the
NeXTcube I'm about to buy.  I may write something, but it will only be
something to convert raster images (what goes to the NeXT printer) to
something my printer can handle.

I have a program that I got called Ghostscript that does postscript to
Epson, VGA, etc on a PC and it has portable code that is supposed to
compile under UN*X, VMS, etc.  I'm having some problems trying to compile
it under MS-DOS but I do have an executable for MS-DOS that sort of works.

>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???

Well what you would need is a serial cable and a serial-parallel converter
to handle the data stream from the NeXT to the printer's parallel port.

Some printers have a serial option or have both serial and parallel
interfaces built in and selectable by dip switches (my KXP-1524 has both
serial and parallel).
>
>Please respond...
>Ralph 
>   |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
>   | Ralph Zazula                               "Computer Addict!"        |
>   | University of Arizona                 ---  Department of Physics     |
>   |   UAZHEP::ZAZULA                            (DecNet/HEPNet)          |
>   |   zazula@uazhe0.physics.arizona.edu         (Internet)               |
>   |----------------------------------------------------------------------|
>   |   "You can twist perceptions, reality won't budge."  - Neil Peart    |
>   |----------------------------------------------------------------------|


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