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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

436.0. "Centronics 18 Pin Dot Matrix" by HPSTEK::TBOWEN () Mon Mar 27 1989 12:42

    Has anybody had any experience with hooking up a Centronics
    Printstation 262 dot matrix printer to an ST? It's an Epson
    compatible 18 pin printer that seems to be built like a tank
    and has several personality cards as well as both parallel
    and serial connections. Does the fact that it has 18 pins screw
    things up? Could that printer driver published in Start (that
    I have) be used to make a decent driver for it? We're not
    getting anything out of it even though it's set up for Epson
    emulation.
    
    
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436.1PRNSYS::LOMICKAJJeff LomickaMon Mar 27 1989 14:292
Can you print *anything* on it at all?  Even pure text files?
If not, it's most likely a problem with the cable.
436.2Nothing YetHPSTEK::TBOWENFri Mar 31 1989 13:445
    Still haven't gotten anything from the ST to the printer but did
    succeed in doing so with a PC clone, the cable is OK. Next step is
    to try my Panasonic on his ST to check out the parallel port.