Re: seeking new laser printer [solved, mostly]
On 12/31/24 07:44, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Dec 30, 2024, Kleene, Steven (kleenesj) wrote:
>> On December 7, 2024 4:21 PM, I wrote:
>>
>> I would typically print with something like "cat file > /dev/usb/lp1".
>> Now, though, with the new laser and a straight USB connection (no
>> wireless), I see these in /dev/usb:
>>
>> crw------- 1 root root 180, 0 Dec 3 08:53 /dev/usb/hiddev0
>> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9796 Dec 21 13:01 /dev/usb/lp1
>
> Er, /dev/usb/lp1 in this instance isn't a character device.
If you remove the file and disconnect / reconnect the printer, it might get
recreated. Or maybe it's not intended to exist at all, in which case "got me".
>> 2. I have a virtualbox Windows XP machine. With the HP printer, it
>> worked through CUPS and needed to find /dev/lp0. So I just made a
>> symbolic link from that to /dev/usb/lp1. XP had a driver for the old
>> HP. Now, though, the devices and the printer have changed. In XP, I
>> can choose from a long list of prehistoric printer drivers. Does that
>> even matter with a driverless printer? I also suspect the new device
>> stub won't work from XP. I don't really need to print from XP, but it
>> was sometimes convenient.
>
> Chances are XP won't be able to print to it directly -- you'll likely
> need to work around the outdated VM's lack of capabilities and "Print to
> PDF" or otherwise send the document to the host machine for printing.
Maybe someone has a collection of removed Windows printer drivers.
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