I spent the first day of 2021 getting an old Dot-Matrix printer set
up for printing from a PC running Linux, in "text mode" as well as
with graphics. Here are some things I've printed out, including
lots of ASCII art from Usenet.
(HTM) Instructions found for wiring the PC-compatible parallel printer cable
I re-inked the ribbon with oil-based stamp ink after the first few
tests, those are the "reinked" files.
I might elaborate on this in the phlog sometime, not that it's
anything special.
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(IMG) art-0001.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 44.8 KB
(IMG) art-0003.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 27.2 KB
(IMG) art-0005.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 30.0 KB
(IMG) art-0006.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 28.6 KB
(IMG) art-0007.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 13.2 KB
(IMG) art-0008.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 5.4 KB
(IMG) art_reinked-0001.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 7.8 KB
(IMG) art_reinked-0002.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 21.6 KB
(IMG) art_reinked-0003.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 21.5 KB
(IMG) art_reinked-0004.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 27.8 KB
(IMG) art_reinked-0005.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 34.3 KB
(IMG) art_reinked-0006.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 28.9 KB
(IMG) graphics-0001.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 12.1 KB
(IMG) graphics-0002.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 18.5 KB
(IMG) graphics-0003.jpg 2025-Jan-15 23:30 12.3 KB
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