Re:Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an AP...
by e28eta on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @06:58PM
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long shot: I’ve got a USB-based ESC/POS printer, but couldn’t get my mac nor RPI to recognize it as a printer through CUPS.
The printer shows up in the USB tree, but (maybe?) needs a driver to be recognized as a “printer”? I was trying to follow tutorials that treated it as a line printer, but unsuccessfully.
Any idea how much luck I will have if I try this out? Does this project rely on working drivers? Or does it handle the raw USB communication?
Re:Show HN: Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an AP...
by JJOmeo on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @07:53PM
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Some of these show up as USB to serial converters and while you do need appropriate kernel drivers for that, they'll never be recognized as a "printer". Still usable though.
The printer shows up in the USB tree, but (maybe?) needs a driver to be recognized as a “printer”? I was trying to follow tutorials that treated it as a line printer, but unsuccessfully.
Any idea how much luck I will have if I try this out? Does this project rely on working drivers? Or does it handle the raw USB communication?
It’s an IBM-branded Type 4610 Model TF6.