php - Printing to Dot Matrix printers from Web Apps -
I am not familiar with dot matrix printers, but I have a webpacked customer who generates invoices, print checks, etc. . Currently they are printing directly from the server, which means that the printer must be connected to the server or a way to connect the server to a remote printer. As you can imagine, many problems arise from this.
My first reaction was to produce a PDF doctor. Send it to the server and send it to the customer so that they can print it, the printer they have access to. But it has been found that many of their clients use dot matrix printers, which do not support the printing of PDFs.
My question is, can anyone read dot matrix printers? HTML, ASCII, etc. ... My client says that the only way is that the server must print directly from php which makes me feel weird.
Thank you in advance!
Many of your customers use dot matrix printers that do not support the printing of PDFs
Crap - this is nothing to do with the printer - this is the printer driver Which determines what its capable is Most of the printers I use do not speak PDF (or PostScript, or MSDord or Open Office .....) but I can still print my documents on them. 25 years ago I can print graphics on 7 pin paper tigers (though I believe that I have trouble finding a printer driver for one). Take a look at most DMPs built in the last 10 years support EPS ESC / P2 emulation.
Alternatively you can use a text browser to create askey from your HTML (like links).
Before trying to convert the text to PDF before re-printing - Even though ghostscript can be configured to use the ASKI output device, you can also print the PDF on the daisy voice printer can do!
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