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Maybe I'm asking a rhetorical question, but has anybody put a serial line sniffer on one of these winprinters and seen what the protocol consists of? I'm sure that a driver could be written, though I think the best way to do it would be to have it setup like a filter so that you would direct all your output to like /dev/hp720c that would then pound it into tin that winprinter could understand and ship it out /dev/lp* Tim. On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Christoph Doerbeck A242369 wrote: > > Glenn Burkhardt wrote: > > > > > > What's the difference between a winprinter and a printer that requires > > > the software to essentially specify every dot? > > > > My definition of a WinPrinter is one that doesn't accept a file copied to the > > printer port. If one is running a DOS only machine, the command > > > > I support the concept that a win-printer is anything that supports a > proprietary protocol which is only developed and support on WinBlows. > > There is nothing "evil" about removing smarts from a printer to reduce > cost. Provided of course... that the protocol is open. It's a real > pitty because the HP 72x and other PPA printers are really nice (and cheap) > color units. Oh well... > > > > - Christoph > > > - > Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with > "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the > message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored). > - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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