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Any way to print from a IIc to a network printer?
Posted by: sixsevenco on 2019-07-21 14:15:05 I don’t have an ImageWriter. Any way to print? I’m wondering if I had a direct serial connection to a print server that could handle the printing... maybe I’m dreaming.
Posted by: 68kMacx86 on 2019-07-22 05:55:27 I don’t have an ImageWriter. Any way to print? I’m wondering if I had a direct serial connection to a print server that could handle the printing... maybe I’m dreaming. Is the serial on a IIc RS-232
Posted by: lisa2 on 2019-07-22 06:52:47 Yes, the IIc serial ports (printer and modem) are RS-232 using a 5 pin DIN connector.
Posted by: sixsevenco on 2019-07-23 09:13:29 It looks like I'm not the only person with this idea. I was hoping I could use my ADTPro cable to connect to a serial point on a linux print server.
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2019-07-23 20:12:36 The ImageWriter LQ emulation in GSport is completely modular. All you'd have to do is write a port monitoring deamon for Linux and pipe the emulator's output to CUPS and run it on something like a RPi.
Posted by: JAG on 2020-10-11 02:05:47 Sorry if this is resurrecting a thread past it's due date, but this looks interesting: https://www.retroprinter.com/ I've been thinking about buying one and can report back if I do so.
Posted by: MichaelLAX on 2020-11-06 00:16:51 I move my Apple //c files over to my Mac using BMOW's Floppy EMU (micro-SD-->SD reader) and then use Gerard Putter's excellent Virtual ][ emulator to print to my Epson Artisan 810 This is actually a KoalaPad PICTR file that I had to use CiderPress in Windows XP in Parallels to be able to read its unique graphic file:
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