Re: [orca-list] using a braille embosser under ubuntu 13.4 64 bit

[Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za>]

Maybe send the file directly to /dev/lp0, e.g.
cat file.brf > /dev/lp0 and see what happens.
Regards, Willem


On Tue, 12 Nov 2013, covici ccs covici com wrote:

> Couldn't you use a terminal program -- or is this only parallell?
>
> Alex Midence <alex midence gmail com> wrote:
>
> > I think you need drivers.  I don't see you getting very far without them and
> > I can't imagine they'd come with any packages like foomatic.
> >
> > Alex M
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: orca-list [mailto:orca-list-bounces gnome org] On Behalf Of Rusty
> > Perez
> > Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 8:29 PM
> > To: Orca screen reader developers
> > Subject: [orca-list] using a braille embosser under ubuntu 13.4 64 bit
> >
> > Hi guys,
> > I'm trying to use an Enabling Technologies Juliet printer.
> > I don't expect that there will be any drivers, I just want to figure out a
> > way to send a file to the parallel port. The embosser should know what to do
> > from there.
> >
> > I've done the following from a command prompt:
> >
> > lpr -Plp0 "filename.brf"
> >
> > I get an error:
> > "The printer or class does not exist."
> >
> > Any thoughts or suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Rusty
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