Le 26/05/2015 15:21, Felix Miata a écrit :
jdd composed on 2015-05-26 14:48 (UTC+0200):
I still don't understand from what computer/system you want to print. Obviously you have to run your program on some machine to be able to print?
I'm not being picky about how. I just want stuff in existing DOS spreadsheets appropriately dumped onto paper
so your problem is not to find a printer but to find an application able to print your spreadsheet from file? the epson link you shared yourself, was clear: the printing was up to the application, not the system. Chance is your aplication did store the format as binary blob and convert it to the needed printer at print time. If so, no other way than running the original. then it's not obvious but seems doable. Load a freedos virtualbox image: http://virtualboxes.org/images/freedos/ then ead this: http://virtualboxes.org/images/freedos/
Only if the printers and/or CUPS and/or Gutenprint are able to translate the text mode output. The Epson printer controls are embedded in the spreadsheet content for printing in text mode, seconds per page, vs. the several minutes per page had they been designed for graphical mode.
if what you have a file that is directly printable to a needle printer, you should be able to print is through the epson gs filter. I did such thing 10 years ago, before cups, but do not really recall how.
The bigger reason for the thread is the issue of choosing a new MF printer, preferably one natively handling Epson FX/LX/LQ printer control languages. Right now I have no FAX, no copier, and no ability to print anything from Linux.
you still can try to print to pdf, best way to test without losing paper :-) may be you can share one of these spreadsheet for us to test? jdd -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org