I am interested in Connecting USB printer to Friendly ARM. I tried connecting the prionter to the board. it is detecting the printer. but when i give print command as "cat > text.txt /dev/usb/lp0" the printer is not reponding or printing anything. Can some one help how to print the docs using firendly ARM/ Regards, Y.Stalin
Hi Stalin, What is your printer model? the cat command will not work for HP Printers that require downloading firmware before printing such as laser jet 1005, p1005, etc Regards, Bao
Thanks for Reply, I am working with HP Laser Jet 1020 plus Where can i get the firmware downloads, Regards, Y.Stalin
Take a look at: http://foo2zjs.rkkda.com/ You probably have to cross compile this package for mini2440 Good luck
Thanks for Reply, I even have SAMSUNG ML-1666 with me Weather this printer works with cat command without firm ware download Please tell me any of the printer which works with usblp0 directly with out PJL (Print Job Language) downloads. Is it possible to directly make printing in linux without these extra drivers. Regards, Y.Stalin
Hi Stalin, Sorry, I don't get you. Is this printer (ML-1666) worked or not? If not, try the HP LaserJet 1015. With the cat command, the printer will respond, the LED will blink and something weird will be printed :D If you can print a regular file to this printer with the cat command, please tell me how :) Regards, BAO