Color Bubble Jet with Emulation Mode Supporting Graphics

[pixelmischief]

Is there a color bubble jet printer of any make and model that supports an emulation mode allowing for the printing of graphics by an 8-bit?  Looking for something with Last Word (via fonts), Envision, and PrintShop compatibility.

[Mathy]

Hello pixelmischief

 

The Canon BJC4x00 series supported Epson emulation.  But instead of printing small dots, it printed small squares.  Tried it with DaisyDotIII, looked like crap.

 

Sincerely

 

Mathy

[+DrVenkman]

1 hour ago, pixelmischief said:

Is there a color bubble jet printer of any make and model that supports an emulation mode allowing for the printing of graphics by an 8-bit?  Looking for something with Last Word (via fonts), Envision, and PrintShop compatibility.

Just buy or build a FujiNet device. You can print to the P: device, emulated by FujiNet as an Epson 80-column printer or any of several others. Then print the resulting PDF to whatever modern printer you like.

 

[pixelmischief]

30 minutes ago, DrVenkman said:

Just buy or build a FujiNet device. You can print to the P: device, emulated by FujiNet as an Epson 80-column printer or any of several others. Then print the resulting PDF to whatever modern printer you like.

Boom!  Raspberry Pi that auto prints the resultant file.  Thanks!  That is the right move!

[pixelmischief]

Where can I go to buy a FujiNet adapter?  I checked Lotharek and I don't see it.  Not sure where else to go.

[+DrVenkman]

59 minutes ago, pixelmischief said:

Where can I go to buy a FujiNet adapter?  I checked Lotharek and I don't see it.  Not sure where else to go.

It's open-source hardware - everything is up on Github but I don't think anyone is (yet?) making them for sale. I'm pretty sure @MacRorie intends to offer them at The Brewing Academy but I don't know if he's got any ready yet. You can also try getting on @mozzwald's list in the meantime. 

 

https://fujinet.online/shop/

 

FujiNet is cool because you can access the device from any web browser on your home LAN and select which printer you want it to emulate, then tell the Atari program you're running to print. The output will be rendered by the device as a PDF you can then access and print normally on a modern printer. 

[darwinmac]

From my understanding, @tschak909 and @mozzwald plan on keeping the initial sales exclusive in order to recoup their development costs. 
 

After the initial production run is sold out, the intent is to let anyone sell the device so it can be bought anywhere. 
 

Bob C

[tschak909]

Just now, darwinmac said:

From my understanding, @tschak909 and @mozzwald plan on keeping the initial sales exclusive in order to recoup their development costs. 
 

After the initial production run is sold out, the intent is to let anyone sell the device so it can be bought anywhere. 
 

Bob C

We have now done this, and ALL of the hardware information is now at:

https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-hardware

 

-Thom

[+MacRorie]

4 hours ago, DrVenkman said:

It's open-source hardware - everything is up on Github but I don't think anyone is (yet?) making them for sale. I'm pretty sure @MacRorie intends to offer them at The Brewing Academy but I don't know if he's got any ready yet. You can also try getting on @mozzwald's list in the meantime. 

 

https://fujinet.online/shop/

 

FujiNet is cool because you can access the device from any web browser on your home LAN and select which printer you want it to emulate, then tell the Atari program you're running to print. The output will be rendered by the device as a PDF you can then access and print normally on a modern printer. 

I am.  I expect I should have some available for sale in 2-3 weeks tops, just waiting on parts.  Which, as you know, can take a very very long time right now.