Can I print Latin and Cyrillic text and graphics on an Epson LQ-350 dot-matrix printer from my Mac?
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I'm considering buying the [Epson LQ-350 dot-matrix printer](https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Epson-LQ-350-Matrix-Printer-Needles/dp/B00AC3S0ES/ref=pb_allspark_dp_sims_pao_desktop_session_based_2/262-8602704-0911120?pd_rd_w=YyXxY&pf_rd_p=8d810135-3da6-4ad8-9713-67849c17dccd&pf_rd_r=7Q4YC776Q9QJ4T2XN01Z&pd_rd_r=6db62a0d-7cba-42b4-b5da-7cdaa460af25&pd_rd_wg=1Mcjn&pd_rd_i=B00AC3S0ES&psc=1) . I want to use it on my Mac in order to print
1. Latin text (ideally with [Umlauts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaeresis_(diacritic))) ,
2. Cyrillic (Russian) text, and
3. (optionally) graphics (such as PDF versions of HTML pages).
Note: By "Latin text" and "Cyrillic text" I mean sending files to the printer in pure text mode which it would print using one of its built-in fonts.
**Will I be able to do items 1, 2, and 3 above, if connect that printer to my Mac (running MacOS BigSur 11.2.3)?**
My answer: I will be able to print Latin text, but without Umlauts. Printing German texts, as well as items 2 and 3 are not possible without writing my own driver.
How I came to this conclusion:
1. Somewhere I read that Mac supports all the printers which support [CUPS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUPS) .
2. According to [openprinting.org](http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Epson/Epson-LQ-350) ,
> Printer supports direct text printing with the 'us-ascii' charset.
However that openprinting.org page talks about using this printer on Linux, and not on Mac.
Asked by Glory to Russia
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Aug 11, 2021, 03:09 PM
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