Mac OS X printing to networked NEC dot matrixprinter

[Helge Blischke]

Dirk Rösler wrote:

>> Regarding "hack a filter" the following is for Linux but it might
>> perhaps be also useful for Mac OS at least to understand the basic
>> ideas how one could "hack a filter" for CUPS:
>>
>> http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Using_Your_Own_Filters_to_Print_with_CUPS
>>
>> In particular the sections regarding "Printing Plain ASCII Text
>> in Printer-Specific Encoding" therein.
> 
> I have studied the document, many thanks. However, I am getting stuck
> right at the start:
> 
> "Create the queue for the dot matrix printer as usual with a Foomatic PPD
> file suitable for the printer model."
> 
> Isn't the whole problem that there is no suitable PPD file? I have
> inserted the *cupsFilter: "text/plain 0 TextToPrinter" line into a NEC P2X
> PPD now, after trying all the NEC PPDs on Foomatic. The page does not
> mention details how the corresponding TextToPrinter script should look
> like though.
> 
> Is it really that difficult to send plain text to a plain text dot matrix
> printer?

Try

'cupsFilter: "text/plain 0 -"

instead. That causes plain text to be fed directly to the printer without 
any filtering.

Helge