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A question for retro tech bros:

My employer is still using an OKI dot matrix printer, model Microline 620, and an Epson dot matrix printer, model FX-890.

The OKI printer is not working, and the FX-890 will only print some screens, but not all.

It's an older Windows system, but I'm not sure which one, might be XPS.

In the "available printer list" all of the printer statuses are "idle", nothing in que.

What can be done to get Windows communicating again with the dot matrix printers?

TIA.

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Afterglow Apr 2

@gmc For my #amstradcpc I had the #epson lx-86 #dotmatrix printer with 9 needles.
Had much fun with trying out many of the ESC-p codes
```
print chr$(27) + "W"
```
to turn double width printing on or off.

The Oasis BBS Jan 15

C64 Ultimate Printing: Print Shop Meets 2026 Convenience
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https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-ultimate-printing-print-shop-meets-2026-convenience/?fsp_sid=606

Phracker Jan 13

Praeception Rainbowcore

Another microtexture artwork from the same template as the last one.

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Phracker Jan 7

Praeception Mono

Microtexture-based artwork I made a while back. I drew a 4x4 pixel dot template by hand and then tiled before applying it to the base image to get that microtexture.

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N-gated Hacker News Dec 15

Behold the revolutionary #Chafa, where 21st-century #tech meets the artistic flair of a 1980s dot matrix printer. 🎨✨ Get ready to squint in awe at "reasonable approximations" of images, because who needs high-res when you have ANSI X3.64? 🙄🤦‍♂️
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