However I will not be writing more than this one reply so bear with me here as some tech support failed you.
Windows does printing in a text mode but I will not write at length or again that it can do that. This area is best left for you to find support locally for. It's a shame the last support you had didn't offer the old dos style output from Windows for you. I can't explain why no one helped you. I know I can't do that over a forum so I must keep this to this and only this post. I did not subscribe to this discussion.
So there it is:
1. Okidata is still king in dot matrix.
2. DOS style text mode is still in Windows if you can get help setting it up.
3. I'm stumped why folk don't call 1-800-OKI-DATA to chat about these things and find the right printer.
Sorry but I think you were wronged.
Bob

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