Questions tagged [dot-matrix-printer]
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Troubleshooting printing in landscape mode
I have trouble figuring out how to set the print settings to be able to print in landscape mode.
I have ~A3 paper which is fed, in landscape orientation, to a A3 dot matrix printer (the printer has ...
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Matrix printer only receives ~one character when SEL is pressed
I'm trying to get an OKI microline 3390 to work, and manually sending text to it as demonstrated here: (thirty-minute video). I understand the printer has to be selected for it to work, which on my ...
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Dot matrix printer on Windows 10 using USB-to-parallel cable not working as expected
I'm trying to connect an OKI microline 3390 24-pin dot matrix printer to a windows 10 laptop, mainly to print PDFs. The printer only has a centronics 36-pin parallel port and the laptop only a USB one,...
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Epson LQ590II ESC/P2 font pitch selection
This printer supports 10/12/15/17 and 20 cpi via the control panel buttons. I need to be able to set it programmatically, however the latest Epson ESC/P 2 manual I can find only lists a command to set ...
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Alternate green/blue bars in PDF printout like old paper on dot-matrix printers
Is there any way to achieve this PDF output on Linux?
By this I mean the alternate blue/green bars, which used to be pre-printed on paper for dot-matrix printers. The guides/holes in the sides would ...
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How can I print with DOSbox using printer's settings
I have a program that runs on Dos, so I use DOSbox, SVN-Daum version, to run this program.
Every function seems working fine except for the printing function.
The problems are DOSbox use their own ...
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Block Notepad from editing
I generate a document in .txt format (because the document is printed with an old dot matrix printer).
The problem is: User edit some data before printing the document, thats why I want to find some ...
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How to print continuous on Epson Dot matrix printer LX-310, without any blank space?
I am trying to print continuously on a 6x12 inch continous paper, without any regard for perforation that comes at every 12inch of the paper.
This is my problem:
The document that i have is a bill ...
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Why does NitroPDF print a 500 page PDF faster than AdobePDF?
I have a report with 500 pages, when I send to printer Adobe takes 21 seconds/page, but NitroPDF gets the job done in 15 seconds/page.
Why is NitroPDF faster?
-OS windows 10
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Fast way to print into a Dot Matrix printer
I have an EPSON FX printer, I generate PDF reports, 500-600 pages, when I send to print is too slow, because is printed as image.
Searching in web I foud many options:
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-PCL
-ESC/P
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PDF print on dot matrix printer
I have installed one new dot matrix printer in our office normal prints are working fine but PDF print are not clear ? Is there any way to print PDF on dot matrix printer?
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How to change text size (cpi) of Epson LX-310 dot matrix printer?
I have Python written program on the server, that uses a shared printer. Basically, it provide print out file with txt formatted.
Is it possible to change printer output text size for TXT file ...
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Installing OKI ML 3320 on linux
I have an old 9-pin OKI ML 3320 dot-matrix printer and i can't get it to work properly with cups.
When i send any document, the printer prints one line every ~13 seconds, often adding some random ...
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Parallel data to file
this question is about catching printer data and writing it in a file.
We use an old Unix system which is unfortunately crucial. This Unix system uses a matrix printer. This printer seems to get its ...
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How to shrink lines printed by SP300-2 (star micro dot matrix printer)
My old dot matrix printer (Star Micronics sp 300) broke and I bought the same model and plugged in the parallel port as usual.
however, the printer prints this instead (the lines are spaced out) :
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