USB Printers - CUPS Printing

Plugged in Star SK1-311 roll tape printer used in Satellite enclosures

dmesg response

[ 7953.117705] usb 1-1.4: new full-speed USB device number 8 using xhci-hcd
[ 7953.326192] usblp 1-1.4:1.0: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 8 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x0519 pid 0x004D
[ 7953.326307] usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp

Verified it does work to print text to /dev/usb/lp0

825gen2 has CUPS (Common Unix Printing System)

lpinfo does show it

card825gen2:/mnt/nfs/arm825_nand/bin$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo -v
network socket
network lpd
network ipp
network http
direct usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)
network dnssd://Canon%20TX-3000._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=00000000-0000-1000-8000-001832104e5a
network dnssd://Canon%20iPR%20Svr%20G250%20V2.1%20US(64%3A59%3AA5)._printer._tcp.local/
network dnssd://HP%20Designjet%20T520%2024in%20%5BD50233%5D._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=abcd9e8e-4886-85c2-2167-b143d1c2344a
network dnssd://HP%20LaserJet%20P2055dn%20%5B82FCF4%5D._pdl-datastream._tcp.local/
network dnssd://Lexmark%20C2240._ipp._tcp.local/?uuid=584bdd81-d230-49f3-a210-d39ac56492d0

To just show any usb printers

card825gen2:/mnt/nfs/arm825_nand/bin$ /usr/sbin/lpinfo --include-schemes usb -v
direct usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)

Some research showed that Star printer requires a CUPS driver. The 1/5/2023 CUPS driver was compiled for the 825gen2 and will be added to the next OS image.

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p STARSK311 -v "usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)" -m sk1-311_presenter.ppd
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lpstat -a
STARSK311 not accepting requests since Wed Jan 10 16:06:30 2024 -
        reason unknown

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ /usr/sbin/cupsaccept STARSK311
card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK311 /home/admin/test.txt
request id is STARSK311-1 (1 file(s))

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK311 /usr/images/kytare.bmp
request id is STARSK311-2 (1 file(s))

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK311 /usr/images/startup.png
request id is STARSK311-3 (1 file(s))

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p STARSK1_311 -v usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20\(STR-001\)
-m sk1-311_presenter.ppd
lpadmin: Printer drivers are deprecated and will stop working in a future version of CUPS.

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK1_311 /usr/images/startup.png
lp: Destination "STARSK1_311" is not accepting jobs.
card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ /usr/sbin/cupsaccept STARSK1_311
card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK1_311 /usr/images/startup.png
request id is STARSK1_311-4 (1 file(s))

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lpstat -W not-completed
STARSK311-1             admin             1024   Wed Jan 10 16:25:01 2024
STARSK311-2             admin             3072   Wed Jan 10 16:25:55 2024
STARSK311-3             admin           115712   Wed Jan 10 16:27:30 2024
STARSK1_311-4           admin           115712   Wed Jan 10 16:30:21 2024

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lpstat -t
scheduler is running
no system default destination
device for STARSK1_311: usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)
device for STARSK311: usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)
STARSK1_311 accepting requests since Wed Jan 10 16:29:32 2024
STARSK311 accepting requests since Wed Jan 10 16:06:30 2024
printer STARSK1_311 disabled since Wed Jan 10 16:29:32 2024 -
        reason unknown
printer STARSK311 disabled since Wed Jan 10 16:06:30 2024 -
        reason unknown
STARSK311-1             admin             1024   Wed Jan 10 16:25:01 2024
STARSK311-2             admin             3072   Wed Jan 10 16:25:55 2024
STARSK311-3             admin           115712   Wed Jan 10 16:27:30 2024
STARSK1_311-4           admin           115712   Wed Jan 10 16:30:21 2024

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p STARSK1_311 -E

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lpstat -t
scheduler is running
no system default destination
device for STARSK1_311: usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)
device for STARSK311: usb://SANEI/SK1-311%20Presenter%20(STR-001)
STARSK1_311 accepting requests since Wed Jan 10 16:34:59 2024
STARSK311 accepting requests since Wed Jan 10 16:06:30 2024
printer STARSK1_311 is idle.  enabled since Wed Jan 10 16:34:59 2024
        Sending data to printer.
printer STARSK311 disabled since Wed Jan 10 16:06:30 2024 -
        reason unknown
STARSK311-1             admin             1024   Wed Jan 10 16:25:01 2024
STARSK311-2             admin             3072   Wed Jan 10 16:25:55 2024
STARSK311-3             admin           115712   Wed Jan 10 16:27:30 2024
STARSK1_311-4           admin           115712   Wed Jan 10 16:30:21 2024


card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK1_311 /home/admin/test.txt
request id is STARSK1_311-5 (1 file(s))

Printed successfully - "test 123"

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK1_311 /usr/images/icon_keyboard.bmp
request id is STARSK1_311-6 (1 file(s))

Printed successfully but rotated and enlarged

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK1_311 /usr/images/startup.png
request id is STARSK1_311-7 (1 file(s))

Small blank ticket printed

card825gen2:/usr/libexec/cups/filter$ lp -d STARSK1_311 /usr/images/cardinal_logo.bmp
request id is STARSK1_311-9 (1 file(s))

cardinal_logo.bmp