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  • mrwho
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    Ricoh printer emulation

    Is it possible for a Ricoh MPC to emulate an Epson FX or IBM ProPrinter dot matrix printer? If so, how?

    We're trying to print from an old linux-based terminal application, which sends some control characters suitable for a dot matrix printer, but our Ricoh tries to print them as characters, messing up the layout of the printout.
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    • rthonpm
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      Re: Ricoh printer emulation

      It's kind of a long shot, but here's a few things to try. More than likely there's not going to be an easy way to convert the data without some sort of middleware or third party solution.


      Append CR to LF: turn ON

      Change the symbol set (it may be a little bit of a search to find one that works)

      You may also have to change some of the job formatting on the terminal as well, like formatting the job for lp.


      How is the terminal connected to the copier? What is the terminal 'seeing' the device as?

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        • mrwho
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          Re: Ricoh printer emulation

          Originally posted by rthonpm
          It's kind of a long shot, but here's a few things to try. More than likely there's not going to be an easy way to convert the data without some sort of middleware or third party solution.


          Append CR to LF: turn ON

          Change the symbol set (it may be a little bit of a search to find one that works)

          You may also have to change some of the job formatting on the terminal as well, like formatting the job for lp.


          How is the terminal connected to the copier? What is the terminal 'seeing' the device as?
          Change the job formatting is out of the question. The software is so old it has the control sequences hard-coded in it. For that reason, it doesn't use any driver - it sees the device as a raw or text device.
          ' "But the salesman said . . ." The salesman's an asshole!'
          Mascan42

          'You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.'
          Ibid

          I'm just an ex-tech lurking around and spreading disinformation!

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            • TheOwl
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              • Nov 2008
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              Re: Ricoh printer emulation

              Are the jobs sent via LPR or RAW to the printer?

              I don't know about the Ricoh's, but other machines that I work on have provision to change the standard RAW settings for ports 9112, 9113 and so on. If your program is printing via RAW, then it might be possible to change the RAW port it send info to so as the machine may manipulate the job without interaction.
              Please don't ask me for firmware or service manuals as refusal often offends.

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