Re: [newbie] printing to a Zebra LP 2844 thermal label printer

2003-06-25 Thread Anne Wilson
On Wednesday 25 Jun 2003 7:23 pm, Grant wrote:
 I've searched the Internet for a Linux driver for my printer and
 can't seem to come up with one.  Is there any chance of getting
 this thing to print in Linux without one?  I just tried to add it
 manually but Zebra is not one of the make choices (Eltron would
 work too, but it's not there either).  Am I SOL?

 - Grant

If you have a manual, check whether it offers any emulation.  You may 
be able to run a vanilla driver for it.

Anne

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Re: [newbie] printing to a Zebra LP 2844 thermal label printer

2003-06-25 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 04:23, Grant wrote:
 I've searched the Internet for a Linux driver for my printer and can't seem
 to come up with one.  Is there any chance of getting this thing to print in
 Linux without one?  I just tried to add it manually but Zebra is not one of
 the make choices (Eltron would work too, but it's not there either).  Am I
 SOL?
 
 - Grant

When I worked for Samsung Telecom America, we had Zebra's in the
warehouse - what a programmer ended up doing was to create a script that
would generate postscript and then be sent directly to the printer. A
distributor somewhere in Dallas tried to help out with the issue, but it
basically boiled down to doing it by hand - but in the end, it worked
flawlessly (and so much better than the original WinNT server that was
in place and had to be mucked with at least three/four times a day).

Have you tried contacting the manufacturer for any tips/hints/clues as
to how to get this printer working?

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