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Small Thermal Printer & RS 485 to 232 converter

ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
edited 2003-02-01 23:45 in General Discussion
Hello Everyone,

Does anyone has resources regarding thermal paper (fax paper)
printers that can be used to print data sent from a BS2? has anyone
succeded doing so? What printers would you recommend that are low
manteinance, low cost and easy to plug to de BS2?
thanx...

I also need info on any IC or final product that converts RS 485 Data
(from 16 machines) into RS 232 data.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely
Juan Pablo Angulo

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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-02-01 11:44
    Juan,

    I bought a Sipix A6 Pocket Printer from Staples a while back. I have not had
    a chance to try it with a atamp, but it is a serial printer (also IR) and
    should work well. They currently sell for around $60 on the 'net. Perhaps
    some on Ebay, but haven't checked there. I bought mine for use with
    microcontrollers. Can't comment on RS485 to RS232 converter.

    HTH

    Vic
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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-02-01 22:51
    At 09:24 AM 2/1/03 +0000, Juan Pablo <jpangulo@t...> wrote:

    >Does anyone has resources regarding thermal paper (fax paper)
    >printers that can be used to print data sent from a BS2? has anyone
    >succeded doing so? What printers would you recommend that are low
    >manteinance, low cost and easy to plug to de BS2?

    Look for "point of sale" printers. Epson comes to mind.

    >I also need info on any IC or final product that converts RS 485 Data
    >(from 16 machines) into RS 232 data.

    Check with BB Elelctronics <http://www.bb-elec.com/>
    They make excellent devices at reasonable cost and have been around for
    about as long as I can remember.

    dwayne


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  • ArchiverArchiver Posts: 46,084
    edited 2003-02-01 23:45
    We used Seiko impact and thermal receipt printers on some of our commercial
    equipment -- using an 80c51 variant and Max232 chips. Was able to get 500+
    foot range with shielded cable at 300 baud.

    Original Message

    > >Does anyone has resources regarding thermal paper (fax paper)
    > >printers that can be used to print data sent from a BS2? has anyone
    > >succeded doing so? What printers would you recommend that are low
    > >manteinance, low cost and easy to plug to de BS2?
    >
    > Look for "point of sale" printers. Epson comes to mind.
    >
    > >I also need info on any IC or final product that converts RS 485 Data
    > >(from 16 machines) into RS 232 data.
    >
    > Check with BB Elelctronics <http://www.bb-elec.com/>
    > They make excellent devices at reasonable cost and have been around for
    > about as long as I can remember.
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