From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Qsa7x-00011l-4a for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:49:17 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EB45721C1F7; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:49:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f53.google.com (mail-fx0-f53.google.com [209.85.161.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C9E921C0BD for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:47:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxd23 with SMTP id 23so3959676fxd.40 for ; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:47:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=IGhwX9pujNDRNFgVniN9Y+g+JmE5yyBmrlS7r6qKS2g=; b=kOJ6JmzQLjVQEOU2MHw+w6QD/Q8UrEsVMLVWpvnNnrNORvA5/YtcPnHgZlHf33IeTm p4JEIDxUVQEWa1BUAfvswqY6QDXOao86IKRJWQBWiEGKy05J8/fRV2sK4lVKEWSHI/sP Lo+KR+GA+xqApwvttvlTh1LUbNjm981ROOsq0= Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.159.137 with SMTP id j9mr4058564fax.64.1313326070603; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:47:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.74.7 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Aug 2011 05:47:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4E45FC62.3010506@nileshgr.com> References: <4E45FC62.3010506@nileshgr.com> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:47:50 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] TVSE MSP 240 Classic Dot Matrix Printer From: Michael Mol To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 20f0ddefb04cf5e825f68021bacfb70d On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using Gentoo, and I'm thinking of buying this printer: > http://cgi.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370533563484 > > The printer specification says that it can emulate Epson ESC/P and IBM > Proprinter command sets. > > I saw CUPS documentation and it is written that printers supporting > Epson ESC/P command set are supported on Linux. > http://www.cups.org/doc-1.1/sam.html#EPSON9 > > I'd like to know if anybody is using this printer here on this list or, > does it require some hardware switch changes, etc (like jumper settings) > to make the printer comply to particular command set? I'm buying a dot > matrix printer for the first time, please help. It's urgent. Don't know. Don't have one. However, the manufacturer appears to still be in business, and that looks like it's a current product. Perhaps you could ask them? Their website isn't in the greatest of shape, but they do list a telephone number. http://www.tvs-e.in/branch-details.aspx -- :wq