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In article <21340@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> neruda@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu
(Steve Neruda) writes:
>Is there an inexpensive wide column  draft quality printer.  We need to be
> able to print mailing labels and would rather not buy an Imagewriter LQ 
> merely to print draft quality mailing labels.  We need to be able to  
> print 132 columns wide (about 13'').  
>
>We have two TI omni 800 printers that we are presently using from our soon 
> to retire HP3000.  Has anyone had any luck with getting one of these to
> talk to a Mac?  This would be the ideal solution.  Would really appreciate any
> help.

Yes. Most software, including Word, Foxbase, and many DBMSs, work just fine
with Earle Horton's Daisy. Having obtained it just a little while ago, my
experience with it is still fresh: it saved my ass. If your printer speaks
anything resembling ascii, you should be just fine. If the printer is a
parallel device, you'll need a parallel <--> serial converter, which should
run you about $70 - $100 bucks. You'll need a tech type to figure out the
pinouts.

Some programs, like 4D, FoxBase V1.1, and Word, can speak to your
serial port directly. In that case you wouldn't even need Daisy. If your
application should somehow be incompatible with Daisy, you could just
dump everything to disk as a text file and print it via Word (gross, but
it'll work)...

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