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Paul Erlenmeyer
Asked: 2018-11-28 03:59:15 +0800 CST

How to send a zpl-file directly to usb printer

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I have a ZEBRA ZT230 300dpi ZPL printer to which I m trying to send direct commands (without driver). I have the following simple zpl file:

^XA
^LH30,30
^FO20,10^AD^FDHello World^F5
^XZ

I have tried the commands:

cat label.zpl > /dev/bus/usb/001/004

cat label.zpl > /dev/usb/lp0

But in both cases I get bash: Permission denied

How can I send my file directly to the printer?

drivers printing

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Add the user you do this with to be part of the GROUP /dev/usb/lp0 is set to.

    ls -l /dev/usb/lp0

    to get owner and group for /dev/usb/lp0. The group is likely to be lp. If your user is paul that would be

    sudo usermod -a -G lp paul

    You need to restart the session to make this active.

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