Printing options ( a little OT )

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

I need to print from a PPC to a printer , ideally a dot matrix printer ala
Epson LX300 , LQ580.
I know there is no support for printing in the current environment. I'm
deciding in using either PrinterCE (
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/PrinterCE.htm ) or PrintBoy:
(http://www.bachmannsoftware.com/pbce.htm) both provides an SDK for dotnet
and seems equally good.

My main concern is the connectivity, how to connect the above printers that
are either serial or parallel to an iPaq?

Is bluetooth the way to go?

Basically I'm looking for feedback from anybody who had deployed something
like this before.


Thanks in advance,

 

[Piopio]

Printing via BT to dot matrix printer is really simple - just treat it
as a normal serial port. First I also thought about PrinterCE but
finally I created my own printing engine which uses xml templates to
create reports. My client uses OKI3320 printers - he also put BT adapter
inside printer case.

Regards,
Peter.

 

[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

so , there exist a BT to serial/parallel printer conversor?

By any chance do you have info about it?

Thanks a lot for your help !

 

[Piopio]

so , there exist a BT to serial/parallel printer conversor?

By any chance do you have info about it?

Thanks a lot for your help !

Of course there are many different adapters USB/serial/parallel to BT. I
tested one made by BlueTake ( BT-200 ).

Peter.