On 10/23/07, john@csplan9.rit.edu <john@csplan9.rit.edu> wrote:
> I am no expert with ghostscript, however it appears there is a driver for
> the Okidata Microline 320. Postscript can be interpreted by ghostscript on
> plan9 and a bitmap of the page is then sent to the printer (rather than ASCII text).
>
> http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Okidata-ML_320
>
> Printing via ghostscript works - I use a cannon bubblejet printer on
> plan9, but is it worth the effort supporting such an old printer when
> bubblejets are so cheap these days?
>
> this is my bubblejet devices entry:
>       canonbjc240l - - /dev/lpt1data - gs!bjc600+nohead generic nospool - - - -
>
> -Steve

Okay, so it seems I need to recompile ghostscript to get that working... ahh, a
journey of discovery!
The reason I have the dot matrix is that it's so fun ☺ Hard to beat accordion
paper and that dot-matrix screech!

John


Screech or Preeow!  As Strongbad would say.... ☺