Zebra LP2844 Linux and my headache!

[Lee McLain]

Hey everyone,

   I just got my hands on a Zebra/Eltron LP2844 direct thermal label
printer.  I have it connected via USB and I *think* that it comes up at
/dev/usblp0.
   I have it set up via the Print Manager and it works just fine *except* I
would like to send straight ASCII to the printer so that I can use the EPL2
printer language.  I cannot figure out how to:
1) Make sure that I am addressing the printer at the correct port.  How can
I find out what device the printer gets set to?
2) Send ASCII to the printer directly and not through CUPS.  I have tried
redirecting output to /dev/usblp0 with no luck.  I have used 'lpr -d
printername textfile.txt' and it just printed the textfile(which is an EPL2
textfile) without translation.  I then tried 'lpr -l -d printername
textfile.txt' and nothing happens.  NOTHING.

SOOooooo...Does anyone have any experience with this printer or does anyone
know what it will take for me to send data directly to it?

Thanks in advance,
Lee
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