Okidata ML395

Thomas Taylor linxt at comcast.net
Thu Nov 17 07:32:01 UTC 2005


On Wednesday 16 November 2005 16:49, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Has anyone here ever setup an Okidata ML 395 (or any Okidata impact
> printer) on a Fedora system, or on any Red Hat based distro, for that
> matter?  I've been struggling for weeks to try to get a Okidata ML395 to
> work.  I don't know why, but the ML395 driver, or any of the other
> suggested drivers, don't work.  The output is always messed up.
>
> The temporary solution has been to share the printer from a Win2000 box,
> though that's obviously not ideal.
>
> Any tips appreciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir
> --
> Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu
> Systems Aligned Inc.
> www.systemsaligned.com

Hi Ranbir,

It's been a long time since I used an Okidata matrix but I seem to remember 
that there are some dip switches somewhere on the printer to set the type of 
input code used.  You might try googling for an Okidata manual to see how to 
do that.

HTH,
Tom

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