Msg: 3975 *Conference*
02-07-93 16:46:25
From: FRANK MCJUNKINS
To : ALL
Subj: PRINTER HELP PLS
I picked up a couple of the old 80 column Big Blue/Protecto thermal printers...because the price was right. No documentation though, so I need some help! I see they use GND, CTS and RXD and those are the only wires coming from the print cable. One printer has bare wires, and the other has an 8x2 Amphenol DIP female connector on it. What I need to know is the protocol for communication. Does anyone remember what they used? 300 buad 8 bit No parity 1 Stop Bit? I've tried lots of combinations and can't seem to get the thing to print anything intelligible. Thought it would be faster to ask someone than keep switching the TERMINAL program STATS around! It does print...but nothing intelligible. Does it use the standard ASCII character set? I don't see any internal EPROM in there which might make it machine specific. ANY help would be appreciated.