Recent content by R Sparks

Still making progress here. I was able to relabel the Generic/text only printer to be DWP. This way it does not get confused with other vintage printers which I am trying to rehabilitate. When I send a text file from Apache Open Office, the print head backs up a space or two and writes over...

Thanks for the help. I think the problem was setting the DIP switches on the back of the printer. Then it was a matter of trying all the possible ports in the set-up until I got the right one. This is a connection to Windows 11. The result: It works fine printing from Notepad. But it has...

I have a Tandy Daisy Wheel Printer DWP-230. I heard, in a You Tube comment, that this printer can be used with Windows with a generic driver. Does anyone know how to make this work?