Which dot-matrix printer will work on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine - Old Hardware Warning

[Basil Chupin]

On 15/04/10 18:55, Ian Coetzee wrote:
> Hi guys, this might seem like a strange question, but here it goes
> (warning this message is not for the feint of heart).
>
> I have an option to aquire one of the folowing dot-matrix printer,
> however I have been unable to find out whether any of them works on
> ubuntu (my Epson LQ-400 did not work :( )
>
>      * Oki Microline 590 Elite
>      * Oki Microline 5590
>      * Oki Microline 390FB
>
> I have done some googling and tried looking at openprinting.
>
> In google I got to the OKI website and could not see whether they might
> work on linux.
>
> On openprinting not one of them is mentioned.
>
> Now my question is, does any of you have experience with any of the
> printers I mentioned above?
>
> Regards
> Ian
>    

Have you tried here as a starting point: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FindPage  ?

I found the answer to my scanner by doing a search for Supported 
Hardware (or similar).

BC



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