Shawn Yates <syates@CARETECHNOLOGIES.COM> wrote...

>        I want to build a small printer into a product.  It will record
>events as they happen in the following format:
>
>        06-07-01  05:51 pm    209    +
>        06-07-01  05:56 pm    209    +
>        06-07-01  05:59 pm    209    --
>
>        Honestly I am flexable about what gets printed out, but I will =
be
>printing only using a PIC (no PC involved at all), so I dont want to =
make it
>too complicated for myself.
>
>        Any suggestions or experiences to relate regarding what OEM type
>printer mech to use?  I have absolutely NO experience makeing a printer =
work
>from a PIC, so if anyone has the slightest story to tell, I will listen.

I've used a PIC16C774 with the serial-interface version of a Citizen
model iDP3110 ticket printer.  All that was needed was a MAX242
interface chip, a DB9 connector, and a cable.  Very straightforward,
no problems.

Check out http://www.metsales.com/page8.cfm or do a search on
"iDP3110".

Dave

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