need help with printer

[Damion]

I tried getting a 712c working years ago on an A1200, and wasn't able. I didn't spend forever troubleshooting, but IIRC, the 712c required something "special" that the amiga drivers didn't support. Most other printers I tried worked fine.

[Damion]

Did you try it with TurboPrint??

No, just came to the conclusion it wouldn't work without a bunch of hassle. I'm no printer guru though.

The 712c is a Windows Host based printer (PPA I think they are called). They don't use PCL or Postscript per se. I had a 722c once which is similar and got it working using pnm2ppa which uses Ghostscript, but I did it over a network from the Amiga through a Windows host. Not sure if pnm2ppa is available with the Amiga Ghostscript package.

Thanks for explaining that. I recall pulling my hair out a little, as 3.9 does have a 712c driver, which of course does nothing. (Thought I had a bum port until I tried other printers.) Pretty cool you were able to figure out a way to get it working.