I need to print..it has only been disastrous so far
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I actually used an Okidata 320 for a project very much like this. It has
a serial port on it as well as a parallel. Made it pretty simple. The one
i used didn't seem to min the non standard RS-232 (ala 5 volt and no +/-
12v swing) and printed fine.
Go to ebay and type "serial printer". Lots of them there for less than
$100. Also, a dot-matrix printer with fanfold paper lends itself well to
data collection as there is much less chance of a paper jam and your
reports are all folded and ready for pickup... [noparse]:)[/noparse]
Vern
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orangemarigold said:
> Hello everyone, I am an art student focusing on robotics with an
> electrical cunundrum. I am gathering data through sensors via the
> Parallax Basic Stamp. I am then hoping to print this data, ideally
> without going through a computer. However, I am having an absolutly
> awful time attempting to figure out how to do this. If anyone has any
> suggestions I would be greatly obliged. I am also open to
> non-traditional printing methods, essentially anything that could
> possibly work. I have been looking at printing calculators, but at the
> moment those are just as large of a mystery.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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a serial port on it as well as a parallel. Made it pretty simple. The one
i used didn't seem to min the non standard RS-232 (ala 5 volt and no +/-
12v swing) and printed fine.
Go to ebay and type "serial printer". Lots of them there for less than
$100. Also, a dot-matrix printer with fanfold paper lends itself well to
data collection as there is much less chance of a paper jam and your
reports are all folded and ready for pickup... [noparse]:)[/noparse]
Vern
--
Vern Graner CNE/CNA/SSE | "If the network is down, then you're
Senior Systems Engineer | obviously incompetent so why are we
Texas Information Services | paying you? Of course, if the network
vern@t... www.txis.com | is up, then we obviously don't need
Cell 507-7851 Desk 328-8947 | you, so why are we paying you?" VLG
orangemarigold said:
> Hello everyone, I am an art student focusing on robotics with an
> electrical cunundrum. I am gathering data through sensors via the
> Parallax Basic Stamp. I am then hoping to print this data, ideally
> without going through a computer. However, I am having an absolutly
> awful time attempting to figure out how to do this. If anyone has any
> suggestions I would be greatly obliged. I am also open to
> non-traditional printing methods, essentially anything that could
> possibly work. I have been looking at printing calculators, but at the
> moment those are just as large of a mystery.
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, just send mail to:
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> and Body of the message will be ignored.
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