Zebra LP2844 Linux and my headache!

[Lee McLain]

Ok, I tried that and all that happens is the printer errors out after about
10 seconds.

Is there anyone who has any experience with devices like these?  Would I
have better luck attaching the printer via serial or parallel interface and
sending the files that way?

Thanks,
Lee


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> Date: Sun, 08 Jul 2007 08:43:12 -0400
> From: Brian McKee <brian.mckee at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Zebra LP2844 Linux and my headache!
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,     not for general discussions"
>         <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> On Sat, 2007-07-07 at 21:51 -0400, Lee McLain wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> >    I just got my hands on a Zebra/Eltron LP2844 direct thermal label
> > printer. I would like to send straight ASCII to the printer so that I
> > can use the EPL2 printer language.  How can I find out what device the
> > printer gets set to?
> > 2) Send ASCII to the printer directly and not through CUPS.
>
> Set another copy of the printer up in CUPS using the 'raw' driver.  (I
> like the web interface for CUPS)
> Then CUPS won't interpret what you sent it.  This works to send control
> codes to PCL printers, so I can't see why it wouldn't work for EPL2.
>
> HTH
> Brian
>
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