Best Atari printer for my 800

[Brentarian]

I used a Kyocera laser printer in the 90's that had an Epson compatibility mode. Printing to it from Print Shop and Print Power was awesome, except when it came to banners -- as you had to use tape.

 

With RetroPrinter, you can print to just about any printer. I want one, but I've got so many unfinished projects I need to finish first.

[Kyle22]

If someone had only disassembled and hacked the ROM.

[Sugarland]

We used the Star Gemini 10X and it was a great printer. I picked one up recently. Great printers, albeit a little loud. Centronix not SIO.

[Brentarian]

If someone had only disassembled and hacked the ROM.

The 1025 had a lot against it. Only 7 pins, printed in only one direction, and no graphics. It was built like a tank though. Still have one in its box.

[BillC]

Oh man - if Print Shop stuff would work with it, I'd be very interested.

I don't know how compatible the FX850 emulation is with the FX80 emulation which Print Shop would use, but laser printers with parallel ports are rare and even rarer with Epson emulation.

 

There are 3 different versions of the ESC/P code used by printers, the following document has a table listing what the codes are and what versions support them. Some of the older codes aren't supported by the newer emulation. Whether or not Print Shop would work would depend on whether of not it used one of the removed commands.

 

Here is a link to information about the ESC/P codes: https://files.support.epson.com/pdf/general/escp2ref.pdf

 

I have also checked the Epson FX850 manual, and it shows that it supports line spacing of n/72" and n/216", which which were replaced by other line spacing options in the later versions of the ESC/P specification. The manual also lists the same ESC/P commands for the graphics density modes as the original ESC/P specification, from this I believe it will be compatible with the FX80 for graphics purposes and should work with Print Shop for single sheet projects

[BillC]

I tried ordering one. It's "Out of Stock".

 

Allan

It is available from Amazon,com for US$200 and up, I did mention that Staples.ca and Amazon.ca were discounting it to CDN$149.99(CDN$100 off) even with the lower value of the Canadian dollar.

The Staples.ca discount is only until Wed. Feb 13.

 

Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B01BHSL980/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Amazon.ca: https://www.amazon.ca/Brother-HL-L5000D-Monochrome-Business-Printing/dp/B01BHSL980

Staples.ca: https://www.staples.ca/en/Brother-HL-L5000D-Duplex-Monochrome-Laser-Printer-HLL5000D/product_2129327_1-CA_1_20001?CID=PS:GS:CA::pla-534723845909::59374212425:pla:1587999536&CampaignID=1587999536&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgpDEiIS14AIVCNtkCh20ngrQEAYYASABEgLptfD_BwE

[+David_P]

Also available through Newegg (third party seller): https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA6ZP3YJ9636&Description=brother%20hl-l5000D&cm_re=brother_hl-l5000D-_-09Z-0231-00005-_-Product

[+slx]

There‘s an Oki B411dn with Epson FX emulation and a parallel port at about twice the price as well, all others are very expensive.

 

 

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[+slx]

The 1025 had a lot against it. Only 7 pins, printed in only one direction, and no graphics. It was built like a tank though. Still have one in its box.

The 1029 still has 7 needles and no descenders and is loud as hell, it can do graphics, however.

[JoSch]

I'm preparing a new version of my printer support in RespeQt, which supports 1020, 1027 and 1029. ESC/P support is really complicated, so it will take a lot of time to do that.

In the meantime, these three printer emulation can probably help you a little.

[manterola]

I can try to add support for esc/p to RespeQt... There is at least two open source projects that I have already studied which implemented esc/p. There is also a nice brother document which documents esc/p nicely.

 

I already modified the sio2linux program to capture raw printer data and save it to a file. Then using several esc/p to PDF converters , I was able to create an PDF and print in modern printer. Those esc/p to PDF atentamente mostly close source windows tools, but there are a couple Linux open source, one of them from the retroprinter project. It is quite slow, though, but the know-how is there.

 

Tell me how to help

Edited February 12, 2019 by manterola

[manterola]

Check this out. This is the thread in which we talk about it:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/266022-output-to-pc-text-file-or-pc-printer/?do=findComment&comment=4177525

 

I can try to add support for esc/p to RespeQt... There is at least two open source projects that I have already studied which implemented esc/p. There is also a nice brother document which documents esc/p nicely.

I already modified the sio2linux program to capture raw printer data and save it to a file. Then using several esc/p to PDF converters , I was able to create an PDF and print in modern printer. Those esc/p to PDF atentamente mostly close source windows tools, but there are a couple Linux open source, one of them from the retroprinter project. It is quite slow, though, but the know-how is there.

Tell me how to help

Edited February 12, 2019 by manterola

[_The Doctor__]

I'm preparing a new version of my printer support in RespeQt, which supports 1020, 1027 and 1029. ESC/P support is really complicated, so it will take a lot of time to do that.

In the meantime, these three printer emulation can probably help you a little.

there were two Atari standard fanfold/tractor/ etc dot matrix impact printers that did atascii, one of which got the rom upgrade partly through to do it... also remember the xmm801 is pretty much epson compliant...just a tweak to do it.

Edited February 12, 2019 by _The Doctor__

[JoSch]

there were two Atari standard fanfold/tractor/ etc dot matrix impact printers that did atascii, one of which got the rom upgrade partly through to do it... also remember the xmm801 is pretty much epson compliant...just a tweak to do it.

Yes, I know. I am just happy to occasionally squeeze some time to do the RespeQt stuff, so I'm quite content to at least getting this far.

Edited February 12, 2019 by JoSch

[JoSch]

Check this out. This is the thread in which we talk about it:

http://atariage.com/forums/topic/266022-output-to-pc-text-file-or-pc-printer/?do=findComment&comment=4177525

 

You can fork my RespeQt repo, then checkout the develop branch, and go from there.

Look into the printers subdir and what I did with the other printers.

If you have questions, you can always ask me.

[manterola]

You can fork my RespeQt repo, then checkout the develop branch, and go from there.

Look into the printers subdir and what I did with the other printers.

If you have questions, you can always ask me.

Great!.. Do you plan or already have some kind of page preview, and print dialog for the other printers?.

[JoSch]

Yes, I have.

I have still some cleanup to do from the merge of ebiguy's fork. I can message you, if I'm ready.

In the meantime, you can already checkout my fork, build it and play around. My emulation is probably improvable, perhaps you see something, I can do better.

[TGB1718]

DragonStomper/River Patroller: Found a really old version of the code, this was has the Cassette boot code included.

 

 

??PAGE 1 CENTRONICS HANDLER

1 ; .OPT NO LIST

2 .OPT NO EJECT

100 .INCLUDE #D1:CENT_EQU.M65

=000E 100 APPMHI = $0E

=000A 110 DOSVEC = $0A

=02E7 120 MEMLO = $02E7

=0014 130 RTCLOCK = 20

=009B 140 CR = $9B

=001F 150 PTEMP = $1F

=000D 160 PCR = 13

=000A 170 LF = 10

=0000 180 STROBE = 0

=D013 190 TRIG3 = 53267

=D012 200 TRIG2 = 53266

=D300 210 PORTA = 54016

=D301 220 PORTB = 54017

=D302 230 PACTL = 54018

=D303 240 PBCTL = 54019

=D01D 250 GRACTL = 53277

=0042 260 CRITIC = $42

=D013 270 ACK = TRIG3

=D012 280 BUSY = TRIG2

=0004 290 SETLATCH = 4

=0000 300 CLRLATCH = 0

=0038 310 ENABLEPORT = $38

=003C 320 CLRPORT = $3C

330 .TITLE "CENTRONICS HANDLER"

=0003 340 OPEN = 3

=000C 350 CLOSE = $0C

=000B 360 PUTCHR = $0B

=0342 370 ICCOM = $0342

=0344 380 ICBAL = $0344

=0345 390 ICBAH = $0345

=0348 400 ICBLL = $0348

=0349 410 ICBLH = $0349

=034A 420 ICAX1 = $034A

=034B 430 ICAX2 = $034B

=E456 440 CIOV = $E456

=0008 450 OPNOT = 8

=031A 455 HATABS = $031A

=004F 110 FLEN1 = MESSEND-MESS

0000 120 *= $0600

0600 00 130 PST .BYTE 0

0601 05 140 .BYTE [PND-PST+127]/128

0602 0006 150 .WORD PST

0604 4108 160 .WORD PND

0606 0007 170 .WORD PINIT

0608 A93C 180 LDA #$3C

060A 8D02D3 190 STA PACTL

060D A941 200 LDA # <PND

060F 8DE702 210 STA MEMLO

0612 850E 220 STA APPMHI

0614 A908 230 LDA # >PND

0616 8DE802 240 STA MEMLO+1

0619 850F 250 STA APPMHI+1

061B A924 260 LDA # <RESTRT

061D 850A 270 STA DOSVEC

061F A907 280 LDA # >RESTRT

0621 850B 290 STA DOSVEC+1

295 .OPT LIST

0623 A220 300 LDX #$20

0625 A903 310 LDA #OPEN

0627 9D4203 320 STA ICCOM,X

062A A908 330 LDA #OPNOT

062C 9D4A03 340 STA ICAX1,X

062F A980 350 LDA #$80

0631 9D4B03 360 STA ICAX2,X

0634 A96D 370 LDA # <EFILE

0636 9D4403 380 STA ICBAL,X

0639 A906 390 LDA # >EFILE

063B 9D4503 400 STA ICBAH,X

063E 2056E4 410 JSR CIOV

0641 3029 420 BMI CIOERR

0643 A90B 430 LDA #PUTCHR

0645 9D4203 440 STA ICCOM,X

0648 A970 450 LDA # <MESS

064A 9D4403 460 STA ICBAL,X

064D A906 470 LDA # >MESS

064F 9D4503 480 STA ICBAH,X

0652 A94F 490 LDA # <FLEN1

0654 9D4803 500 STA ICBLL,X

0657 A900 510 LDA # >FLEN1

0659 9D4903 520 STA ICBLH,X

065C 2056E4 530 JSR CIOV

065F 300B 540 BMI CIOERR

0661 A90C 550 LDA #CLOSE

0663 9D4203 560 STA ICCOM,X

0666 2056E4 570 JSR CIOV

0669 3001 580 BMI CIOERR

066B 18 590 CLC

066C 60 600 CIOERR RTS

066D 453A9B 610 EFILE .BYTE "E:",CR

0670 20202020 620 MESS .BYTE " Centronics Handler",CR,CR

0674 20202020

0678 2043656E

067C 74726F6E

0680 69637320

0684 48616E64

0688 6C65729B

068C 9B

625 ; .OPT NO LIST

068D 20202020 630 .BYTE " from",CR,CR

0691 20202020

0695 20202020

0699 20202020

069D 66726F6D

06A1 9B9B

06A3 20202020 640 .BYTE " SABRE Computing",CR

06A7 20202020

06AB 20205341

06AF 42524520

06B3 20436F6D

06B7 70757469

06BB 6E679B

06BE 9B 650 .BYTE CR

=06BF 660 MESSEND = *

06BF 670 *= $0700

=0700 680 PINIT = *

0700 A000 690 START LDY #0

0702 B91A03 700 LOOP LDA HATABS,Y

0705 C900 710 CMP #0

0707 F009 720 BEQ FOUND

0709 C8 730 INY

070A C8 740 INY

070B C8 750 INY

070C C022 760 CPY #34

070E D0F2 770 BNE LOOP

0710 38 780 SEC

0711 60 790 RTS

0712 A950 800 FOUND LDA #'P

0714 991A03 810 STA HATABS,Y

0717 C8 820 INY

0718 A927 830 LDA #PRINTV&255

071A 991A03 840 STA HATABS,Y

071D C8 850 INY

071E A907 860 LDA #PRINTV/256

0720 991A03 870 STA HATABS,Y

0723 60 880 RTS

0724 6CFABF 890 RESTRT JMP ($BFFA)

0727 7907 900 PRINTV .WORD PHOPEN-1

0729 2108 910 .WORD PHCLOSE-1

072B 7807 920 .WORD BADST-1

072D 8707 930 .WORD PHWRIT-1

072F 3507 940 .WORD PHSTAT-1

0731 7807 950 .WORD BADST-1

0733 4C7E07 960 JMP PHINIT

0736 A938 970 PHSTAT LDA #ENABLEPORT

0738 8D03D3 980 STA PBCTL

073B A980 990 LDA #$80

073D 8D01D3 1000 STA PORTB

0740 A504 1010 LDA SETLATCH

0742 8D1DD0 1020 STA GRACTL

0745 A005 1030 LDY #5 ;No. OF RETRYS

0747 A901 1040 EE LDA #1

0749 8542 1050 STA CRITIC

074B A911 1060 LDA #17

074D 8D01D3 1070 STA PORTB

0750 A991 1080 LDA #17+128

0752 8D01D3 1090 STA PORTB

0755 A228 1100 LDX #40

0757 CA 1110 DD DEX

0758 D0FD 1120 BNE DD

075A AD13D0 1130 LDA ACK

075D C900 1140 CMP #0

075F F00A 1150 BEQ DDD

0761 88 1160 DEY

0762 D0E3 1170 BNE EE

0764 A900 1180 LDA #0

0766 8542 1190 STA CRITIC

0768 A08B 1200 LDY #139

076A 60 1210 RTS

076B A900 1220 DDD LDA #0

076D 8542 1230 STA CRITIC

076F 8D1DD0 1240 STA GRACTL

0772 A900 1250 LDA #0

0774 8D3F08 1260 STA COUNTER

0777 A001 1270 LDY #1

0779 60 1280 BADST RTS

077A 203607 1290 PHOPEN JSR PHSTAT

077D 60 1300 RTS

077E A001 1310 PHINIT LDY #1

0780 60 1320 RTS

0781 A93F 1330 DUMMY LDA #'?

0783 851F 1340 STA PTEMP

0785 4C9607 1350 JMP FLAG

0788 851F 1360 PHWRIT STA PTEMP ;WRITE IT

078A C99B 1370 CMP #CR

078C F030 1380 BEQ BLFILL

078E C90E 1390 CMP #14

0790 F021 1400 BEQ CHANGE

0792 A51F 1410 LDA PTEMP

0794 30EB 1420 BMI DUMMY

0796 EE3F08 1430 FLAG INC COUNTER

0799 20D507 1440 JSR SENDIT

079C AD4008 1450 LDA FLAG40

079F C901 1460 CMP #1

07A1 F00A 1470 BEQ XXX

07A3 AD3F08 1480 XX1 LDA COUNTER

07A6 C950 1490 CMP #80

07A8 F014 1500 BEQ BLFILL

07AA B012 1510 BCS BLFILL

07AC 60 1520 RTS

07AD EE3F08 1530 XXX INC COUNTER

07B0 4CA307 1540 JMP XX1

07B3 A901 1550 CHANGE LDA #1

07B5 8D4008 1560 STA FLAG40

07B8 4C9607 1570 JMP FLAG

07BB A08A 1580 TIMEOUT LDY #138

07BD 60 1590 RTS

07BE A90D 1600 BLFILL LDA #PCR ;JUST CR/LF

07C0 851F 1610 STA PTEMP

07C2 A900 1620 LDA #0

07C4 8D3F08 1630 STA COUNTER

07C7 8D4008 1640 STA FLAG40

07CA 20D507 1650 JSR SENDIT

07CD A90A 1660 LDA #LF

07CF 851F 1670 STA PTEMP

07D1 20D507 1680 JSR SENDIT

07D4 60 1690 Z2 RTS

07D5 A900 1700 SENDIT LDA #0

07D7 8514 1710 STA RTCLOCK ;SET PRINT TIMEOUT

07D9 8513 1720 STA RTCLOCK-1

07DB AD12D0 1730 LDA BUSY

07DE C901 1740 CMP #1

07E0 F030 1750 BEQ BUSY1

07E2 A51F 1760 Y1 LDA PTEMP

07E4 18 1770 Y2 CLC

07E5 6980 1780 ADC #128

07E7 8D01D3 1790 STA PORTB

07EA 851F 1800 STA PTEMP

07EC A901 1810 LDA #1

07EE 8542 1820 STA CRITIC

07F0 A97F 1830 LDA #127

07F2 251F 1840 AND PTEMP

07F4 8D01D3 1850 STA PORTB

07F7 A214 1860 LDX #20

07F9 CA 1870 Z3 DEX

07FA D0FD 1880 BNE Z3

07FC A51F 1890 LDA PTEMP

07FE 8D01D3 1900 STA PORTB

0801 A900 1910 LDA #0

0803 8542 1920 STA CRITIC

0805 A228 1930 LDX #40 ;WAIT FOR ACK

0807 CA 1940 Z4 DEX

0808 D0FD 1950 BNE Z4

080A A001 1960 GOOD LDY #1

080C A900 1970 LDA #CLRLATCH

080E 8D1DD0 1980 STA GRACTL

0811 60 1990 RTS

0812 A513 2000 BUSY1 LDA RTCLOCK-1

0814 C903 2010 CMP #3

0816 F0A3 2020 BEQ TIMEOUT

0818 AD12D0 2030 LDA BUSY

081B C901 2040 CMP #1

081D F0F3 2050 BEQ BUSY1

081F 4CD507 2060 JMP SENDIT

0822 A90D 2070 PHCLOSE LDA #PCR

0824 851F 2080 STA PTEMP

0826 20D507 2090 JSR SENDIT

0829 A900 2100 LDA #0

082B 8D01D3 2110 STA PORTB

082E A93C 2120 LDA #$3C

0830 8D02D3 2130 STA PACTL

0833 8D03D3 2140 STA PBCTL

0836 A900 2150 LDA #CLRLATCH

0838 8D1DD0 2160 STA GRACTL

083B A001 2170 LDY #1

083D 60 2180 RTS

083E 00 2190 TEMP .BYTE 0

083F 00 2200 COUNTER .BYTE 0

0840 00 2210 FLAG40 .BYTE 0

=0841 2220 PND = *

=0241 2230 FLEN = PND-PST+127/128*128

0841 A210 2240 BOOTB LDX #$10

0843 A903 2250 LDA #OPEN

0845 9D4203 2260 STA ICCOM,X

0848 A908 2270 LDA #OPNOT

084A 9D4A03 2280 STA ICAX1,X

084D A980 2290 LDA #$80

084F 9D4B03 2300 STA ICAX2,X

0852 A98B 2310 LDA #CFILE&255

0854 9D4403 2320 STA ICBAL,X

0857 A908 2330 LDA #CFILE/256

0859 9D4503 2340 STA ICBAH,X

085C 2056E4 2350 JSR CIOV

085F 3029 2360 BMI CERR

0861 A90B 2370 LDA #PUTCHR

0863 9D4203 2380 STA ICCOM,X

0866 A900 2390 LDA #PST&255

0868 9D4403 2400 STA ICBAL,X

086B A906 2410 LDA #PST/256

086D 9D4503 2420 STA ICBAH,X

0870 A941 2430 LDA #FLEN&255

0872 9D4803 2440 STA ICBLL,X

0875 A902 2450 LDA #FLEN/256

0877 9D4903 2460 STA ICBLH,X

087A 2056E4 2470 JSR CIOV

087D 300B 2480 BMI CERR

087F A90C 2490 LDA #CLOSE

0881 9D4203 2500 STA ICCOM,X

0884 2056E4 2510 JSR CIOV

0887 3001 2520 BMI CERR

0889 00 2530 BRK

088A 00 2540 CERR BRK

088B 433A9B 2550 CFILE .BYTE "C:",CR

088E 2560 .END

=D013 ACK =000E APPMHI 0779 BADST 07BE BLFILL 0841 BOOTB

=D012 BUSY 0812 BUSY1 088A CERR 088B CFILE 07B3 CHANGE

066C CIOERR =E456 CIOV =000C CLOSE =0000 CLRLATCH =003C CLRPORT

083F COUNTER =009B CR =0042 CRITIC 0757 DD 076B DDD

=000A DOSVEC 0781 DUMMY 0747 EE 066D EFILE =0038 ENABLEPORT

0796 FLAG 0840 FLAG40 =0241 FLEN =004F FLEN1 0712 FOUND

080A GOOD =D01D GRACTL =031A HATABS =034A ICAX1 =034B ICAX2

=0345 ICBAH =0344 ICBAL =0349 ICBLH =0348 ICBLL =0342 ICCOM

=000A LF 0702 LOOP =02E7 MEMLO 0670 MESS =06BF MESSEND

=0003 OPEN =0008 OPNOT =D302 PACTL =D303 PBCTL =000D PCR

0822 PHCLOSE 077E PHINIT 077A PHOPEN 0736 PHSTAT 0788 PHWRIT

=0700 PINIT =0841 PND =D300 PORTA =D301 PORTB 0727 PRINTV

0600 PST =001F PTEMP =000B PUTCHR 0724 RESTRT =0014 RTCLOCK

07D5 SENDIT =0004 SETLATCH 0700 START =0000 STROBE 083E TEMP

07BB TIMEOUT =D012 TRIG2 =D013 TRIG3 07A3 XX1 07AD XXX

07E2 Y1 07E4 Y2 07D4 Z2 07F9 Z3 0807 Z4

[ACML]

After finally being satisfied with OEM Atari hardware, I recent got the bug to buy a dot matrix printer for them. Back in the 80's, I used a Mannesman Tally Spirit 80. A couple years ago I bought an Epson FX-980 because it was cheap and retained FX-80 graphics. I didn't realize its the size of a 57' Chevy. Well built, but too big. I found a NOS Epson L-1000 (LQ-500) and bought it. Nice 24 pin printer, but needs special driver for Print Shop. I also bought two Star NX-1000 II Multi fonts. One was New in box and the other was like new condition. They are 9 pin and can go graphics using Star NG-10 drivers. Very small footprint. What I like about the Epson L-1000 and Star NX-1000 is that they can take single sheet feed or fan fold. The Epson L-1000 is a rebranded LQ-500 and is small in size, but the the Star NX-1000 is even smaller. I use my ICD P:R: Connection with them. I receive a hidden gem with the second NX-1000. It came with a Xetec Graphic AT interface. What is unique about the Xetec is that you can set a dip switch and it prints Atari ATASCII characters, even inverse. Neat if you want to list an Atari Basic program that used control characters.

Edited May 17, 2019 by ACML

[venom4728a]

I have been researching the Brother Laser HL-L5000D printer and connecting it to our Atari 8Bit.  It supports Epson Esc/p and has a parallel port.  But its not a standard Parallel port, it uses a semi rare DA-26 on the printer.  Brother shipped the printers new with a parallel cable that is DA-26 Male to DB-25 Male Brother number PC-5000.  The cables are kinda rare and expensive if you have to pick them up separate of the printer.  So for use with an tari 850 or ICD P:R: Connector we will need to make a db-15 male to db-25 female cable.

 

Also found a thread on AtariAge where someone has connected the Brother Hl-L5000D to a Coleco Adam using an after market printer module and is have good success printing to the Brother Laser.

Quote

The printers are sold pretty affordably as refurbs Part # RHL-L5000D,  through the Brother Canada Website, but the website will not let you ship to USA I could not find the same refurb printer available on the Brother US website.

 

 

Edited May 12, 2020 by venom4728a

[+slx]

3 hours ago, venom4728a said:

 

The printers are sold pretty affordably as refurbs Part # RHL-L5000D,  through the Brother Canada Website, but the website will not let you ship to USA I could not find the same refurb printer available on the Brother US website.

 

 

They are $179 new on Amazon. I toyed with the idea as well but simply don't have enough 8-bit print volume and space to justify this. I still have a BJ-200 in my basement which I don't use either....

[venom4728a]

1 hour ago, slx said:

They are $179 new on Amazon. I toyed with the idea as well but simply don't have enough 8-bit print volume and space to justify this. I still have a BJ-200 in my basement which I don't use either....

I am planning to use this printer in my home office to replace my Old Samsung 3160FN,  I can hook it to my home network to print from all my PC and then leave the parallel cable connected to swap between my vintage computers.  Considering selling off most of my other printers, do downsize.

[tschak909]

The #FujiNet does printer emulation of a lot of Atari printers; outputting to PDF, more printers are being added daily (@jeffpiep just added 1025 emulation), and Epson FX emulation is on the block. (We even have a few printer types that don't exist in hardware, such as GRANTIC for screen grabbing, and the HTML ATASCII printer for picture perfect output of ATASCII displays and listings)

 

HTML ATASCII output: http://atari-apps.irata.online/tictactoe-atascii.html

 

1025_program_listing_output.pdf

 

1027_program_listing_output.pdf

 

t1025.pdf

 

-Thom

Edited May 13, 2020 by tschak909

[venom4728a]

On 5/13/2020 at 1:14 PM, tschak909 said:

The #FujiNet does printer emulation of a lot of Atari printers; outputting to PDF, more printers are being added daily (@jeffpiep just added 1025 emulation), and Epson FX emulation is on the block. (We even have a few printer types that don't exist in hardware, such as GRANTIC for screen grabbing, and the HTML ATASCII printer for picture perfect output of ATASCII displays and listings)

 

HTML ATASCII output: http://atari-apps.irata.online/tictactoe-atascii.html

 

1025_program_listing_output.pdf 74.69 kB · 4 downloads

 

1027_program_listing_output.pdf 89.87 kB · 3 downloads

 

t1025.pdf 21.16 kB · 3 downloads

 

-Thom

I am anxiously waiting for the hardware to become available to purchase. It looks like I will be able to remove several peripherals from my desk once these are available.  They look like a really cool project!

 

[venom4728a]

On 5/12/2020 at 8:44 AM, venom4728a said:

I have been researching the Brother Laser HL-L5000D printer and connecting it to our Atari 8Bit.  It supports Epson Esc/p and has a parallel port.  But its not a standard Parallel port, it uses a semi rare DA-26 on the printer.  Brother shipped the printers new with a parallel cable that is DA-26 Male to DB-25 Male Brother number PC-5000.  The cables are kinda rare and expensive if you have to pick them up separate of the printer.  So for use with an tari 850 or ICD P:R: Connector we will need to make a db-15 male to db-25 female cable.

 

Also found a thread on AtariAge where someone has connected the Brother Hl-L5000D to a Coleco Adam using an after market printer module and is have good success printing to the Brother Laser.

The printers are sold pretty affordably as refurbs Part # RHL-L5000D,  through the Brother Canada Website, but the website will not let you ship to USA I could not find the same refurb printer available on the Brother US website.

 

 

I can now confirm the HL-L5000D Brother Laser does work very well with Atari ICD P:R: printer Output.  Had to make myself the adapter cable I spoke about above and change a few settings.  Namely changing Top & Bottom Margins to 0.00, Enabling Auto Masking.  There is options available for Auto LF, You can select a number of different fonts & pitches and several different character sets are also available. It has Epson FX-850, IBM Proprinter and HP Laserjet emulation modes.

My only real complaint is, if you do not send enough data for an entire page you have to press the "GO" button for the printer to print out what remains in the buffer.  A simple timeout after X number of seconds if no printer data is received would be a nice feature.

 

 

Edited May 30, 2020 by venom4728a
made a correction.