Subj : Re: Printing on Commodore printer without Commodore 64
To   : Rami
From : Pekka Takala
Date : Sun Jul 30 2017 07:26:43

On 29.07.2017 11:42, Rami wrote:
> Hello fine Commodore people,
>
> I have Commodore MPS 803 printer (I think it is 803, it is in the storage at 
the moment) and have been toying with the idea of hooking it up to Raspberry Pi 
or similar... And later maybe even add a CUPS driver and allow remote printing.
>
> I think I did try to dig up information for this couple of years ago and came 
to understand that the printer serial protocol is non-standard and 
documentation for it is hard to find. Someone also mentioned some Nuts and 
Volts article but I was unable 
to get it from the publisher.
>
> So I would appreciate any information on C64 serial printer protocol / modern 
tools / github repos / whatever you can provide.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
The protocol is essentially the same protocol as commodore 1541 disk
drive protocol is. The printer just uses device number 4 instead of 8.

Trust me, it is much easier to find a suitable matrix printer for your
PC than to attach the commodore printer to your pc. The cbm protocol is
very tight in timing.

Sell the printer to someone c64/vic20/c128 enthusiast.

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