----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Skeels <meskeels@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 20:13
Subject: [OT] do inkjets and laser printers accept ASCII? Original
printers


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Werner <reznaeous@earthlink.net>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 1999 12:47 PM
> Subject: Re: [OT] do inkjets and laser printers accept ASCII?
>
>
> > Wagner Lipnharski wrote:
> > > Those printers (with no brains) should be extinct at this point,
since
> > > thre is a required standard that all printers should print pure
ascii
> >
> > Required by who?  Seems many of the printer manufacturers out
there must
> > have never heard of this standard, because thjose lobotomized
printers are
> > still coming out - one example is Canon's BJC-5000.  Another
example would
> > be most - if not all - multi-function devices (i.e. those gizmos
that are
> > supposed to combine printer, scanner, fax machine, etc in one
device).
> > There are still many printers out there that require a platform
specific
> > driver to work.
> >
> > For the original poster:  What printer is it that you are having
troubles
> > with?
>
> The original printers were two:
>
> a Brother HL-720 laser, and


The HL720 is a Windows only printer. The HL730 is the one with
'brains'.

Daniel...