External Jet Direct used on Epson/Unisys Dot Matrix Printers

[Chet Woods]

Hi all,
I've been summoned to work on getting our dot matrix printers (Epson and Unisys)on our "remote" network. Currently, these printers are attached to the mux of a E series server running 10.20. When I try to add them to the spooler, I cannot find a good driver/interface file to add them. Anyone have suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
Chet

[A. Clay Stephenson]

We use a few Epson DFX-5000+'s and all I did was used JetAdmin to add an external jetdirect using the 'dumb' interface. You can then add whatever options you like to this copy of the 'dumb' interface.

[Chet Woods]

Thanks, I'll look into that and see if it works. I'll let you know.

Thanks,
Chet

[Jeff Schussele]

Wow...I thought I was the only one old 'nuff to remember the big DFX tanks. Hell I used to work on them. They used to shake ptr desks apart, but they were fairly decent & speedy for non-line printer i.e. a char at a time printers.
They could chug through some forms.....

And yes dumb will work & if you need bold, u-line, etc. ALL Epsons use the std Epson ESC-P codes & *most* Unisys ptrs as well, so it shouldn't be a problem to "enhance" the script if necessary.

Now I wonder if I threw *all* my old Epson manuals away........

Rgds,
Jeff