[PLUG] Serial dot-matrix printer replacement

[Tom]

On Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:53:11 -0700
Michael Barnes <barnmichael at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have an old piece of equipment that handles monitoring and remote
> control for a site. It has an old serial dot matrix printer that
> would print out alarms situations and status readings. We want to
> keep the basic unit, but the printer has died. I'd like to replace
> the printer with something like a Raspberry Pi that would watch the
> serial printer line and store the data to a file, probably on a daily
> basis. I'm not great at programming, so I would like to find an app
> that could easily handle this duty. Suggestions appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Michael
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Could I take the broken matrix printer off your hands?

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