Has anyone got CUPS -> HP JetDirect 170x -> dot matrix printer working?

[Bernd Krumböck]

Hello!


I assume you only want to print text. Please use a raw queue or interface
scripts for this printer.


regards!
Bernd Krumböck


somebody wrote:

> I have an older Tally 6250 dot matrix printer connected to an HP
> JetDirect 170x print server.  It's defined as listed below.
> Using CUPS 1.2.10 under Fedora Core 6, the best I've been
> able to do is print garbage to the printer.  I've tried
> numerous drivers and have foomatic installed.  Can someone
> tell me what configuration will work with this setup?
> 
> -Thanks
> 
> 
> /usr/local/cups/sbin/lpadmin \
> -p bbj \
> -D "Tally T6215 dot matrix in Printer Room (far right)" \
> -L "Printer room" \
> -m textonly.ppd \
> -v socket://172.27.131.152:9100 \
> -o job-sheets-default=standard,none \
> -o PageSize=Letter \
> -E