If it's a 'normal' printer it will work ok but some only work connected
to windows and that may be the problem. I have an (old) hp520 that works
well in ascii and others will do too, just run away from the 'winmodem'
type of printers.

Best Regards,
Paulo Soares

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Skeels [SMTP:meskeels@EARTHLINK.NET]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 15:03
> To:   PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject:      [OT] do inkjets and laser printers accept ASCII?
>
> PIC People,
>
> I have an application where I want to send ASCII text to an
> inexpensive
> inkjet printer's parallel port. However, it seems that it ignores my
> ASCII
> output; the same device connected to a dot matrix printer does fine.
>
> Can you shed any light on this?
>
> Mark