serial printer
Hi all,
Can I use Basic Stamp to control all type of serial printer ?
How? Can I use simply "serout" command to do this ?
thank you.
Can I use Basic Stamp to control all type of serial printer ?
How? Can I use simply "serout" command to do this ?
thank you.
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>If I am using the serout command to send data to a display, would the same
>commands also be good, or work the same way, for a seial printer?
You should be able to get that to work; the only problem is that serial
printers tend to be more pricey and less available that parallel
printers. You might consider printing to a standard parallel-port printer
serially via our EDE1400 IC; it accepts 2400 baud serial directly from the
Stamp and drives most any parallel-port (Centronics) printer. Any dot
matrix printer will print text directly; for DeskJet and Laser you'll need
to send the appropriate command sequence (usually found in the manual).
Datasheets and more information can be found at
http://www.elabinc.com/chips.htm
By the way, we are searching for qualified distributors for our
Stamp-related IC's such as the EDE1400, etc. Contact me off-list at
toddp@e... or phone to discuss.
Todd Peterson
E-Lab Digital Engineering, Inc.
(816) 257-9954 FAX: (816) 257-9945
www.elabinc.com
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> >If I am using the serout command to send data to a display, would the
same
> >commands also be good, or work the same way, for a seial printer?
>
> You should be able to get that to work; the only problem is that serial
> printers tend to be more pricey and less available that parallel
> printers. You might consider printing to a standard parallel-port printer
> serially via our EDE1400 IC; it accepts 2400 baud serial directly from the
> Stamp and drives most any parallel-port (Centronics) printer. Any dot
> matrix printer will print text directly; for DeskJet and Laser you'll need
> to send the appropriate command sequence (usually found in the manual).
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Thanks,
Jim Gorbet
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>Has anyone ever hacked a serial printer. If so how do make it work with
>the basic stamp ll.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jim Gorbet
>
>Hi Jim -
There shouldn't be any hack required. Merely using SEROUT with the
appropriate baud rate,
and using the CR and LF characters as may be required by the printer,
should produce
appropriate printed data output. My apologies if I misunderstood your question.
Regards,
Bruce Bates
great.
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We did a project with stamp II recently. Here is what it does.
It takes in a serial data from an electronics scale, multiple it by a
certain factor, display its results with date and time on a 2X16 LCD module
and print to a serial printer as well.
I have some excess PCB and parts too. Let me know if anyone interested.
Rgds,
Allen Cheah
At 07:11 AM 4/14/02 -0700, Jim Gorbet wrote:
>Has anyone done this. any suggestions on a printer and pin layout would
>be great.
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Epson LX-300+ is a good, reliable serial / parallel 9-pin tractor-feed
printer. We sold literally thousands of the LX-300 and 300+ where I used to
work and saw very few non-abuse / non-mother-nature failures.
www.insight.com used to have the best price.
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> Has anyone done this. any suggestions on a printer and pin layout would
be great.
Email me @ ben@t...
Thanks
Ben
Active Electronic Link <ael@t...> wrote: Hi Jim,
We did a project with stamp II recently. Here is what it does.
It takes in a serial data from an electronics scale, multiple it by a
certain factor, display its results with date and time on a 2X16 LCD module
and print to a serial printer as well.
I have some excess PCB and parts too. Let me know if anyone interested.
Rgds,
Allen Cheah
At 07:11 AM 4/14/02 -0700, Jim Gorbet wrote:
>Has anyone done this. any suggestions on a printer and pin layout would
>be great.
>
>Jim Gorbet
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