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Re: Printer

From Patric@invalid.com
Newsgroups comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject Re: Printer
Date 2012-03-01 01:54 +0100
Message-ID <0fe35f6952.gmx@albutat.gmx.de> (permalink)
References (5 earlier) <op.wae4izxtyrhmdj@medion-pc.fritz.box> <52690fcba0dave@davenoise.co.uk> <a8c7166952.chris@o2.co.uk> <op.wafvu5qfyrhmdj@medion-pc.fritz.box> <64c2526952.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com>

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In message <64c2526952.davehigton@dsl.pipex.com>
          Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

> In message <op.wafvu5qfyrhmdj@medion-pc.fritz.box>
>           patric <patric@invalid.com> wrote:

>> It appears I'm out of luck with the HP there. Picked it up for 99 quid
>> a couple of years ago and it neither supports ESC/P, PCL or PostScript.
>> Works under Ubuntu which now surprises me as online reviews claim it
>> not to work under anything but Windows.

> Only Epson printers support ESC/P, so no surprise that an HP printer
> doesn't.

Ehm not true. Of course it was designed and used by Epson but also 
widely implemented by the competition e.g. my Star LC fully supports 
ESC/P. Nowadays it's emulated but still supported by some, mainly via 
ESC/P-2 which is backward compatible.

> PCL is, as I understand it, merely a job control language,
> not a full printing control language.  PostScript usually comes with
> a hefty price premium - I would like to be proved wrong on that point
> because it's a good protocol from the point of view of the poor bloody
> user.

The Epson EPL 6200N might be a good choice for my needs. Found it 
online for as little as 200 EUR, works as network/USB 2.0/Centronics 
PostScript printer and even supports ESC/P (for the Amstrad NC I own). 
Bit early for Christmas though :(

patric

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Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 20:58 +0000
  Re: Printer John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:33 +0000
    Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:55 +0000
      Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-27 22:25 +0000
        Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 06:18 +0000
        Re: Printer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 20:25 +0000
        Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-06 22:45 +0000
          Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 00:08 +0100
            Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 06:04 +0000
            Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-07 09:56 +0000
              Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 13:11 +0100
                Re: Printer Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2012-03-07 12:51 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 15:48 +0100
                Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-03-07 15:08 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-07 18:26 +0100
                Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 17:39 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-07 23:59 +0100
      Re: Printer John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:35 +0000
        Re: Printer John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:43 +0000
      Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:45 +0000
      Re: Printer "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 13:38 +0000
        Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:32 +0100
      Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-28 21:39 +0000
        Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 23:01 +0000
          Re: Printer patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-02-29 03:14 +0100
            Re: Printer "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 10:20 +0000
              Re: Printer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 11:15 +0000
                Re: Printer probus <probus@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-02-29 13:01 +0000
                Re: Printer John <newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 10:13 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-01 01:51 +0100
                Re: Printer Brian Carroll <bric-nospam@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-02 11:53 +0000
              Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 11:36 +0000
                Re: Printer patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-02-29 13:05 +0100
                Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-29 22:31 +0000
                Re: Printer Patric@invalid.com - 2012-03-01 01:54 +0100
                Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 08:04 +0000
                Re: Printer Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2012-03-01 02:00 +0100
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:41 +0100
                Re: Printer Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2012-03-01 07:32 +0000
                Re: Printer Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-03-01 16:42 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 23:44 +0100
            Re: Printer Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 10:40 +0000
            Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 11:29 +0000
              Re: Printer patric <patric@invalid.com> - 2012-02-29 13:35 +0100
                Re: Printer Alan Calder <alan_calder@o2.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 12:56 +0000
                Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-29 14:06 +0000
                Re: Printer Grahame Parish <maillist.parish@millers-way.net> - 2012-02-29 14:06 +0000
                Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:58 +0100
                Re: Printer Patric@invalid.com - 2012-03-01 12:52 +0100
            Re: Printer Mark Beerling <notvalid@online.de> - 2012-02-29 18:33 +0100
  Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 21:39 +0000
    Re: Printer Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 00:13 +0000
    Re: Printer Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 11:47 +0000
      Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 12:56 +0000
      Re: Printer Grahame Parish <maillist.parish@millers-way.net> - 2012-02-28 13:10 +0000
        Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 19:49 +0000
          Re: Printer Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 20:12 +0000
          Re: Printer Grahame Parish <spamtrap@millers-way.net> - 2012-02-28 21:15 +0000
      Re: Printer Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 18:45 +0000
  Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 22:16 +0000
    Re: Printer Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-02-27 23:00 +0000
    Re: Printer Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-02-28 06:06 +0000
      Re: Printer Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 04:30 +0100
    Re: Printer M Harding <riscos@mdharding.org.uk> - 2012-02-28 10:20 +0000
  Re: Printer Dave Higton <davehigton@dsl.pipex.com> - 2012-02-28 20:59 +0000
  Re: Printer "Richard Torrens (News)" <News+15400@Torrens.org.uk> - 2012-03-01 08:29 +0000
    Re: Printer "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 09:35 +0000
      Re: Printer "Barry Allen (news)" <evanallen@onetel.net.uk.invalid> - 2012-03-01 10:31 +0000
        Re: Printer "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2012-03-01 12:46 +0000

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