{
  "id": "star/nx-1001",
  "vendor": "Star",
  "model": "NX-1001",
  "category": "printer",
  "status": "controllable",
  "interfaces": [
    {
      "name": "Printing",
      "transport": "usb",
      "status": "partial",
      "notes": "OpenPrinting rates it B (works mostly); printer language: escp, text. Free drivers: eps9high, eps9mid, omni."
    }
  ],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "eps9high",
      "url": "https://openprinting.github.io/foomatic/driver/eps9high",
      "kind": "driver",
      "freedom": {
        "nonfree": [
          "device-firmware"
        ],
        "cloud": "none"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "eps9mid",
      "url": "https://openprinting.github.io/foomatic/driver/eps9mid",
      "kind": "driver",
      "freedom": {
        "nonfree": [
          "device-firmware"
        ],
        "cloud": "none"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "omni",
      "url": "https://openprinting.github.io/foomatic/driver/omni",
      "kind": "driver",
      "freedom": {
        "nonfree": [
          "device-firmware"
        ],
        "cloud": "none"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "OpenPrinting: Star NX-1001",
      "url": "https://openprinting.github.io/foomatic/printer/Star/Star-NX-1001",
      "kind": "other"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "eps9high",
      "method": "host-software",
      "guide": "https://openprinting.github.io/foomatic/driver/eps9high",
      "difficulty": "easy",
      "brick_risk": "none",
      "reversible": "yes",
      "notes": "Nothing is flashed: add the printer in the computer's printer settings (CUPS) and pick the eps9high or eps9mid or omni driver, which most Linux distributions include. Some host-based printers also need a firmware file sent at power-on, as the driver's page explains."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openprinting"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-25"
}