[cups.general] Has anyone got CUPS -> HP JetDirect 170x -> dot matrix printer working?

[Bernard Barton]

Actually the Generic textonly filter is working well for me,
as long as I don't use one of the default banner pages.

-Thanks



Bernd Krumböck wrote:
> 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
>>     
>
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