Re: HP-41 printer HP-IL Message #3 Posted by Tony Duell (UK) on 21 Feb 2002, 1:43 p.m., in response to message #1 by Michel
I am assuming you hae the HP82160 HPIL module. If you don't, then you'll need one to link up an HPIL printer.
Anyway, there are 2 common HPIL printers. The HP82162 is a thermal 'strip' printer. Narrow paper (24 columns), but it does allow you to plot functions, display special characters, and so on, using the commands in the 82160 module. Which other printers don't.
The HP2225B is a version of the Thinkjet with and HPIL interface. It does 80 columns, and it's fast, but the HP41 plotting (etc) functions don't work with it. Also, it doesn't print some special characters (Sigma, etc) correctly.
If you don't have the HP82160 HPIL module, then you could use an HP82143 (thermal strip printer, facilities very similar to those of the HP82162) which plugs straight into the HP41. Or the HP41 IR printer module and a HP82440 printer (which IIRC< will also handle plotting commands correctly).
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