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And now I see I'm responding to something from like a year and a half
ago. D'oh!

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On 2019-04-08, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

My colony still uses a HP LaserJet 6P connected to a 2008 15" MacBook
Pro with parallel -> USB adapter. I had to install Gutenprint's printer drivers in Mac OS X (Leopard v10.5.8 and El Capitan v10.11.6) to use it.
I still have my HP PhotoSmart 8450 inkjet printer. They both mostly work
with a few minor annoying issues (e.g., paper feeds).

I still regularly use a Panasonic KX-P1124 dot matrix printer for
multipart forms. Bought it new and it's been so long I'm not sure
what year that was. (Late 1980s? I originally bought it to use with
my Commodore 64 along with a Centronics interface adapter for that
computer.)

It's worked pretty well over the years but now the hard rubber platen
is deteriorating and coming apart, causing no print where it's worn
away and paper misfeeds. Basically it's a thin rubber strip cemented in
place that provides a smooth surface that yields a little for the print
head to hammer on behind the paper. Not sure where to get replacment
material for that.

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In comp.periphs.printer Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> wrote:

And now I see I'm responding to something from like a year and a half
ago. D'oh!

Better late than never. :)
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On 12/3/20 9:09 PM, Roger Blake wrote:

And now I see I'm responding to something from like a year and a half
ago. D'oh!

Don't feel bad, Roger. I just came across this newsgroup myself.

I use three printers, all HP. There's a Deskjet 5650, an Officejet 6100,
and a color Laserjet 1215.

The Laserjet is most certainly the newest, because it is USB 2.0. It was
a gift a couple of years ago, because it no longer met the needs of a
nephew's workplace.

Because it has both USB and parallel ports I believe the Deskjet is the
oldest, but I'm not sure. Both of the inkjets use the same print engine,
and the HP 56, 57, and/or 58 cartridges. I purchased both of them used,
on eBay.

All three work beautifully with Mageia Linux, as well as with a Windows
XP guest in VirtualBox.

TJ

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On Fri, 04 Dec 2020 02:09:41 +0000, Roger Blake wrote:

And now I see I'm responding to something from like a year and a half
ago. D'oh!

For the record, I have a 1993 LaserJet 4+ with Postscript upgrade.

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On 2020-12-14, TJ <TJ@noneofyour.business> wrote:

Don't feel bad, Roger. I just came across this newsgroup myself.

I've seen people respond to posts from decades ago, so I don't feel
too bad about it. :)

I use three printers, all HP. There's a Deskjet 5650, an Officejet 6100,
and a color Laserjet 1215.

The Laserjet is most certainly the newest, because it is USB 2.0. It was
a gift a couple of years ago, because it no longer met the needs of a nephew's workplace.

USB didn't even exist when my old Panasonic dot-matrix printer was made!
These days I use it with a USB-to-Centronics converter cable.

I did manage a kind of fix for the deteriorated platen rubber. I cut out
the damaged section and glued in a plastic strip cut from a flexible
CD cover. It has just the right amount of stiffness with a little bit
of give for the print head to work. I'd still like to find a suitable
strip of hard rubber somewhere to replace the entire platen insert
since I'm sure it will deteriorate further.

I also have an Epson MX-80 with an RS232 serial interface, bought well
before the Panasonic. That was purchased to use with an "Interact"
8080-based home computer system, a failed microcomputer from the
first wave of home computers circa 1980. Although I still have them,
the Interact and the MX-80 have not been switched on in many years and
it's doubtful they would still work.

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On Mon, 08 Apr 2019 15:22:40 -0500, Ant wrote:

My colony still uses a HP LaserJet 6P connected to a 2008 15" MacBook
Pro with parallel -> USB adapter. I had to install Gutenprint's printer drivers in Mac OS X (Leopard v10.5.8 and El Capitan v10.11.6) to use it.
I still have my HP PhotoSmart 8450 inkjet printer. They both mostly work
with a few minor annoying issues (e.g., paper feeds).

HP Laserjets 4, 5 and 6 were ever-lasting.

With Postscript and LAN I do not know why you had to add Gutenprint.

Personally, I still use a HP LJ 2420

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