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Printers Used With Your Atari 8-bit: Then & Now


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Printers Used With Your Atari 8-bit: Then & Now  

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  1. 1. Printer(s) used back in the day?

    • Atari 820
      4
    • Atari 822
      3
    • Atari 825
      3
    • Atari 1020
      20
    • Atari 1025
      15
    • Atari 1027
      21
    • Atari 1029
      12
    • Atari XMM801
      5
    • Atari XDM121
      3
    • Brother
      2
    • Canon
      3
    • C.Itoh
      3
    • Citizen
      4
    • Epson
      21
    • Hewlett Packard
      3
    • IBM
      0
    • NEC
      2
    • Okidata
      11
    • Panasonic
      23
    • Seiko
      2
    • Star Micronics
      39
    • Toshiba
      0
    • Xerox
      0
    • Other
      23
    • [None]
      9
  2. 2. Printer type(s) used back in the day?

    • Dot Matrix
      107
    • Daisy Wheel
      16
    • Thermal
      13
    • Plotter
      22
    • Laser
      4
    • Inkjet
      6
    • Emulated (APE, Etc.)
      2
    • Other
      9
    • [None]
      8
  3. 3. Printer interface(s) used back in the day?

    • Atari SIO
      79
    • 9-Pin Serial
      5
    • Parallel
      78
    • [None]
      11
  4. 4. Printer(s) used now?

    • Atari 820
      2
    • Atari 822
      2
    • Atari 825
      4
    • Atari 1020
      7
    • Atari 1025
      6
    • Atari 1027
      3
    • Atari 1029
      7
    • Atari XMM801
      6
    • Atari XDM121
      4
    • Brother
      9
    • Canon
      7
    • C.Itoh
      0
    • Citizen
      2
    • Epson
      16
    • Hewlett Packard
      16
    • IBM
      1
    • NEC
      0
    • Okidata
      5
    • Panasonic
      5
    • Seiko
      0
    • Star Micronics
      10
    • Toshiba
      0
    • Xerox
      0
    • Other
      17
    • [None]
      55
  5. 5. Printer type(s) used now?

    • Dot Matrix
      37
    • Daisy Wheel
      7
    • Thermal
      7
    • Plotter
      8
    • Laser
      19
    • Inkjet
      21
    • Emulated (APE, Etc.)
      19
    • Other
      4
    • [None]
      49
  6. 6. Printer interface(s) used now?

    • Atari SIO
      41
    • 9-Pin Serial
      3
    • Parallel
      28
    • [None]
      72

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Hello guys

 

My first printer was a Star LC-10.  Fanfold paper jammed often, especially when I'd try to print long documents.

My second was a Canon BJC4200.  Dots were printed a squares and some nut job places one of the small wheels that supported the paper right below the spot where the ink cartridge travelled to when you needed to exchange it.

 

Sincerely

 

Mathy

 

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I used my Dad's Citizen 120D (pic below, it was Epson compatible although ours had a Centronics interface not a Serial one that one has) with a SIO to Parallel interface my mate gave me (an MPP Micro Print, from 1984, which seemed to come out in Nov 84 according to Antic, link to ad at the bottom of this post) when he upgraded to an ST. I wrote and printed all my college assignments on it for 3 years until I got an ST myself for my final year.

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https://archive.org/details/1984-11-anticmagazine/page/n95/mode/2up

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On 3/14/2023 at 4:06 PM, sl0re said:

More interested if there is a laser, or something, that will work attached. 

According to what I have read Fujinet does not print directly to a printer, the included printer emulation creates PDF files which can then be downloaded/printed using a more modern computer.

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On 3/14/2023 at 7:06 PM, sl0re said:

More interested if there is a laser, or something, that will work attached. 

On 2/26/2023 at 1:50 PM, bob1200xl said:

1025 - early 80s

 

HP DJ500 with an Epson FX cartridge  - mid-80s

 

HP LJ4 - early 90s

 

HP LJ4050 - 2000 - present

 

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8 hours ago, x=usr(1536) said:

If it can handle Epson emulation, chances are good that you can get a modern printer to print from an Atari.

I'm pretty sure the HP printers that I quote from @bob1200xl all have Epson emulation.

  

8 hours ago, x=usr(1536) said:

Interfacing to it may be another matter entirely, but that is best left to be commented on by someone who has done it.

The printers I quoted all should have standard centronics parallel connectors. So, you'd need one of the Atari -> parallel adapters.

 

As you say though, maybe Bob can comment on the specifics; I haven't used any of them myself (with Ataris; I've use all of them with PC's/Macs).

 

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The laser printers do not have Epson compatibility. If I need that, I use SIO2PC. Normally, I just print directly to the printer through a P:CONN adapter from ICD. (other Centronics adapters work, also)

 

This envelope was printed on a 1200XL and a LJ4050.

 

Bob

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16 minutes ago, bob1200xl said:

The laser printers do not have Epson compatibility. If I need that, I use SIO2PC. Normally, I just print directly to the printer through a P:CONN adapter from ICD. (other Centronics adapters work, also)

Ah, ok... thanks for clearing that up Bob. Looks like a simple, quality printing solution.

 

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On 3/15/2023 at 12:06 AM, sl0re said:

More interested if there is a laser, or something, that will work attached. 

The Brother HL5370DW laserprinter has Epson compatibility (FX850) and it's about the last one with a genuine parallel port connection. So it should work with one of the parallel interfaces for the Atari. It's also wireless and USB. I got it lightly used about 2-3 years ago. Have not hooked it up to my Atari's yet though. 

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