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Laser Printing with the ST
Posted: 08 Aug 2021 21:01
by PeckPeekPoke
Hello Friends,
Any suggestions for laser printers compatible with both PC/Linux and with AtariST ?
Thanks ! :geek:
Re: Laser Printing with the ST
Posted: 08 Aug 2021 21:49
by stephen_usher
Well, it would have to be a very old one with a parallel port for it to work with the ST directly. Otherwise you'd have to have something which could interface with the parallel port, take the output and then render it as PCL5, PCL6 or Postscript and send it to a USB or networked printer.
Re: Laser Printing with the ST
Posted: 08 Aug 2021 22:06
by PeckPeekPoke
I think I've found something that will work: Brother HL-5240, it has both parallel and USB ports.
I'm not great at sight-reading, but I'd really like to be able to print some music out of Notator to hand to the minstrels in the event we can ever congregate in groups again.
Re: Laser Printing with the ST
Posted: 08 Aug 2021 22:12
by stephen_usher
You will need a printer driver to send the correct codes to the printer to write the image.
Is there a PCL5 driver on the ST?
Re: Laser Printing with the ST
Posted: 08 Aug 2021 22:14
by PeckPeekPoke
stephen_usher wrote: 08 Aug 2021 22:12
Is there a PCL5 driver on the ST?
Not yet. Any suggestions?