RetroPrinter Support

/root/output_PNG should be set to File (memory stores the image in the memory only).

Just a question - what settings did you have for output_PNG and create_PDF ?

Are there any errors shown in the logs in /home/pi/data

Hmm that is interesting - I have not used output_PNG for a long time.

Yes, there is a bug in default margins of 7,4,0,0 so that would explain - I will correct this

What was the quill issue - cannot see you left details about that. It was something discussed off list some time ago Whatever settings I seem to choose (both R-P & Quill Print Driver) the footer always gets pushed to the top of the next page (both in PDF and printer) What I've also noticed is t...

What was the quill issue - cannot see you left details about that.

v3.20 Release - Improvements to data capture speed - Improvements to data capture timing and handling of HP PJL control codes as a wrapper - Added Flush_timeout to deal with long timeouts - Added beta emulation of the Mannessmann Tally MT600 printer - Changes to xpos and ypos positioning to use flo...

That txt file does not have HELLO WORLD in it that I could see - could you upload the raw file from the retro-printer rather than a mac version? Is it sending the text as some sort of image ? All I can see are hundreds of "J" and DEL characters in Notepad++ all on the same line. Or maybe s...

I assume the expansion card adds a centronics interface.

Add a captured raw file and we can maybe help - it might be that you need it to set bit_depth to 7

Sorry, that’s why I was asking – how do I capture the raw data? I may have missed it somewhere in the documentation, and apologies if that’s the case. So long as the retro-printer is connected, it will capture and store the raw data in the folder: /home/pi/data/raw Even if it does not convert prope...

If you can capture the data on the Retro-Printer, send me the raw file and I will have a look to see if it can be deciphered.