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

[Rusty Perez <rustys lists gmail com>]

Well, no braille, but something interesting happens, some sort of
process is started, because when I press my arrow keys, I get the
control characters for the arrows.
I'm hoping Kelly will help me out.

Thanks guys!
Rusty


On 11/12/13, Willem van der Walt <wvdwalt csir co za> wrote:
> 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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