=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ just a few days ago I ran over an old epson dot matrix printer with my Nova wagon... hows that for "impact" ----- Original Message ---- From: Mike Harrison To: chugalug@chugalug.org Sent: Wed, August 24, 2011 9:54:46 AM Subject: [Chugalug] [OT] Need an Epson FX-890 or similiar dot matrix printer for a day or two. At $work, we need to see if we can work around known issues with MSIE 8 and good old fashioned dot matrix printers printing receipts. Know anywhere/one I can borrow/rent one from for a day or two? Otherwise, we just might have to buy one.. ($329 on Amazon..) -- Mike Harrison bogon@geeklabs.com - heavily filtered public address 423-605-6943 http://geeklabs.com
=============================================================== From: William Wade ------------------------------------------------------ You might check some of the local thrift stores. Also perhaps UTC IT, or local electronics recycling location. nd
=============================================================== From: Cameron Kilgore ------------------------------------------------------ Another perfectly good opportunity to make money gone down the drain... --Cameron
=============================================================== From: Dee Holtsclaw ------------------------------------------------------ We've got an Alps ALQ-324gx up here that's only used occasionally. It emulates an Epson LQ-2500 if that's close enough to what you need for testing. Tom or I will have to ask about borrowing it but that's not likely to be a problem. I will say that I have my own drivers for dot-matrix printers under Windoze and run everything in raw mode. Trying to use a printer's built-in fonts tends to crash winspool and nothing short of a reboot fixes that. Microsoft seems to think there's no legitimate need for a matrix printer any more.
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=============================================================== From: Ed King ------------------------------------------------------ the crunch was priceless