thermal printers
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Has anyone ever tried to interface a thermal printer to a basic stamp
im curious to try it and wondered if anyone had tried. Im thinking
of the panasonic or simular printers found in the digikey catalog. I
thought that i would be an efficient way for a robot to communicate
data to me on its operational status. Thanks in advance for any help.
Jay
im curious to try it and wondered if anyone had tried. Im thinking
of the panasonic or simular printers found in the digikey catalog. I
thought that i would be an efficient way for a robot to communicate
data to me on its operational status. Thanks in advance for any help.
Jay
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interface. There is some command code to write to the print for controlling.
As long as it is standard, I think BS can handle.
Examples are Epson and STAR Micronics POS Printers.
John
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> of the panasonic or simular printers found in the digikey catalog. I
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> data to me on its operational status. Thanks in advance for any help.
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> Jay
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parallel.
The serial only need to use the serial port, or specified pins, maybe with a
Uart, and a MAX RS232 chip maybe (depends on the +12,-12 volt swings, if the
printer uses them or not). A lot of serial ports nowadays only need the +5
and 0 volts to work, as they skip the big voltage swings.
Centronics Parallel, isn't a big problem, you look to see if the printer is
busy, if not, then present 8 bits out, and clock the clock pin. Repeat as
needed.
There was a guy on Ebay who was pushing 32x20 LCD panels for $40, that works
for me even better than the printers. But what the heck, if you got one use
it. Do check to ensure you can get those little thermal printer rolls of
paper though. Some printers use a oddball size or wierd paper that may make
it a doorstop if you can't get the paper.
I used a serial printer once for a RC radio frequency scanner to log
channels and frequency channel collisions.
I could use it as evidence that the moron turned on his transmitter jamming
out my radio causing my model airplane to crash. It helps to recoup some of
the costs.
Original Message
From: <j_bierstedt@h...>
To: <basicstamps@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: [noparse][[/noparse]basicstamps] thermal printers
> Has anyone ever tried to interface a thermal printer to a basic stamp
> im curious to try it and wondered if anyone had tried. Im thinking
> of the panasonic or simular printers found in the digikey catalog. I
> thought that i would be an efficient way for a robot to communicate
> data to me on its operational status. Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Jay
>
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> To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
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