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Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2022-03-19 17:22:16
My GitHub bug report has finally been closed with a commit. Not sure how this works, if you need to remove and replace lines of code yourself or if it will be released in a CUPS update or something...? Here's a link for anyone interested: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/commit/f93d64bfb6d2aae61ad4a676735c2194775f34c2 |
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2022-03-19 18:49:40
I don't recommend compiling cups-filters yourself as it requires a TON of dependencies. Eventually a new version will be released and pushed to your Linux distribution repository for easy updating. |
Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2022-03-27 11:57:39
OpenPrinting CUPS Filters has announced version 1.28.13, which has fixed (supposedly) all LaserWriter II printers, and should work out of the box now. https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups-filters/releases/tag/1.28.13
I have not tested this, and am unsure on how one would update the package, I would assume you would update said package through SSH or terminal on your Pi with the typical command. |
Posted by: RolandJuno on 2024-04-27 18:09:15
Has anyone succeeded in getting the ImageWriter II with LocalTalk Option card to print from CUPS?
I'm using a Raspberry Pi Zero W with an Ethernet/USB hat, tashtalk 2 hat, tashrouter, and netatalk and can see the ImageWriter II. I attempted to add it the same way I did with my LaserWriter II: I used a pap URI and selected the "Foomatic/iwhi" PPD. Attempts to print have resulted in a "filter failed" error in the CUPS admin. The only activity on the ImageWriter II is it will eject a page of paper about 5 minutes after the job was submitted. |
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2024-04-27 18:15:55
Can you print raw text to the ImageWriter using the command line?
pap -p "MyPrinter:ImageWriter@My Zone" textfiletoprint
Also Netatalk 2.3.2 should have fixes for ImageWriter printing. You should get detailed output from the papstatus program. |
Posted by: RolandJuno on 2024-04-27 19:51:55
Can you print raw text to the ImageWriter using the command line?
pap -p "MyPrinter:ImageWriter@My Zone" textfiletoprint
Also Netatalk 2.3.2 should have fixes for ImageWriter printing. You should get detailed output from the papstatus program. I tried it and got this response:
pap -p "Itchy & Scratchy:ImageWriter@Biosrhythm" Makefile
Trying 13.252:138 ...
%%[ ? ]%%
Connected to Itchy & Scratchy:ImageWriter@*.
Bad status response!
I'm using Netatalk 2.3.1 so that might be the issue? I also found a page describing some patches to pap to recognize the responses from the ImageWriter II (maybe that's now incorporated into the latest?) |
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2024-04-27 19:57:48
Netatalk 2.3.2 incorporates those patches. Also color support for the ImageWriter II and LQ are "coming soon" to Ghostscript. |
Posted by: RolandJuno on 2024-04-27 20:54:34
Netatalk 2.3.2 incorporates those patches. Also color support for the ImageWriter II and LQ are "coming soon" to Ghostscript. I compiled Netatalk 2.3.2 and I was able to add the printer to CUPS and print from my iPhone. Plain text printing also worked using the pap command. Thanks the tip!
I'm eagerly awaiting color support for these two printers! 🙂 |
Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2024-04-28 06:41:51
Enjoy it while it lasts as CUPS 3.0 is going to break all that. Serial printing to an ImageWriter should still work with the ghostscript printer application, but nothing exists for pap printers yet. |
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