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PIC Project: Converting a thermal fax machine into a printer

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I've got a plan for a project. I've got an thermal fax machine that is no longer used, and I want a cheap and portable printer for very occasional use; poor quality is not a problem. At present I use an inkjet, but as I only use it once a month, I end up buying a new print head almost every time. A thermal printer would be ideal.

I figure that a USB enabled PIC and a bit of software is pretty much all I would need. To save me reinventing the wheel, has anybody seen such a project before?
 

Re: PIC Project: Converting a thermal fax machine into a pri

u can try for pic18f4252 series with the usb connectivity, if u have any schemitcs on the project tell me i can help u in that
 

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nikhil_damle said:
u can try for pic18f4252 series with the usb connectivity, if u have any schemitcs on the project tell me i can help u in that
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Can you give me the pinout of that PIC. :D

do you mean PIC18F2420,2520,4420,4520...
 

thats easy, go to www.microchip.com and look for the device in question.

But remember the 18F series is not a USB host, an external USB host device would probably do the job (with some exhaustive coding)

You could also use the PIC24 series, some of the device have in-built USB hosts.

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But remember the 18F series is not a USB host
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I understood, that the intention is to implement an USB printer device, that prints to a fax machine, so an USB device chip
is O.K.. But it needs a modem chipset to connect to the fax.
 

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