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I'm sure you could find a cable but the problem then would be a printer
driver.
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K5HML - Harry wrote:
>
> Been lurking in the background for a while,
> reading the mail about printers.
> Was wondering --- Is there any way to interface
> an inkjet printer to either a C-64 or C-128?
> I still have my two 64's and 128 from back in the
> 1980s. Wonder if it's possible with, say, an
> Epson Stylus Color 600.
>
> Harry in San Antonio
>
>
> relayer <no_reply@yahoogroups.com <mailto:no_reply%40yahoogroups.com>>
> wrote:
> The Amiga 4000 was late and high up the Amiga line. There were few of
> them sold. Most of them were sold for use with the Video Toaster card.
> Very few were just for desktop use as Commodore was losing steam at
> the time.
>
> I'm not aware of many Amiga 4000 specific software titles, at least
> that weren't for video and advanced graphics. Most of the software was
> able to operate on the Amiga 500/600/1000/1200/2000/2500/3000 series
> of computers.
>
> I remember PrintMaster Plus for the Amiga. I haven't used it myself. I
> mainly used my Amiga for multimedia. 2D/3D Graphics, animation, etc. I
> did have the Okimate 20 for the Amiga for a while. I also had it for a
> C128. Simply replacing the interface module made it Amiga (and PC)
> compatible. I haven't done much with color printing on the Amiga. It
> simply took a lot of time with the Oki 20. When I got my first HP500C,
> then I printed a lot of pictures.
>
> Harry, K5HML
> San Antonio, Texas
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


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Mon Jun 2, 2008 2:25 am

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Hey gang, Color printers did make a nice Christmas present in 1984. The Okimate 10 was affordable color printing, although it was a thermal printer and...
tom metzger
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May 24, 2008
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Thank you for the information about the color printers. I was excited about the Star Micronic 1000 series and finally got the CBM compatible one but it was...
Bro. Luby D. Jackson
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May 26, 2008
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The Amiga 4000 was late and high up the Amiga line. There were few of them sold. Most of them were sold for use with the Video Toaster card. Very few were just...
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May 27, 2008
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Been lurking in the background for a while, reading the mail about printers. Was wondering --- Is there any way to interface an inkjet printer to either a C-64...
K5HML - Harry
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May 27, 2008
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First, you'll need to get a Commodore to Centronics adapter. A company called Xetec was a popular vendor with their Supergrafix line. Here's an eBay link to...
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May 27, 2008
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I'm sure you could find a cable but the problem then would be a printer driver. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Bro. Luby D. Jackson
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Jun 2, 2008
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An inkjet from a few years ago might be useable if it had epson compatibility. One member of the user group I'm in does programming articles every month with...
James Alexander
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Jun 3, 2008
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/Thanks for letting me see this. Was is Kyocera Unison that made that program? Do you have a screen shot of it and did it offer color printing and...
Bro. Luby D. Jackson
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Jun 2, 2008
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Short answer, No. The Amiga was primarily renowned for it's graphics capabilities, not publishing. Even though it was able to perform decent printing tasks, ...
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