Re: setting up a printer without X-windows

dRulz wrote:
> guys,
> 
> how can i set-up a printer without relying in tools that uses xwindows?

This is no problem. The documentation on the linuxprinting.org web site
shows how you can proceed from the command line. It is not required to
use the GUI tools of the distributions.

> Heres my situation; We have build the linux kernel 2.6.6 and and put it on a
> device that runs on Intel CPU. This device is connected thru a USB printer.
> Given the Kernel + the bootloader we can boot linux from there and our next
> step is to set-up the devices connected including the printer.. 
> I need help in the following items:
> 1) Setting up the usb printer

Ususally you should compile the kernel with the USB printer module
"usblp" and load this module during boot:

modprobe usblp

The printer should appear in /proc/bus/usb/devices

> 2) Is the command "lp" default in linux or we need to install and download it?

No, you need to install a printing system like CUPS or LPRng or do
spooler-less printing as described on

http://www.linuxprinting.org/direct-doc.html

> 3) Is there any available resources in he internet that teaches me how to
> perform this?

CUPS (recommended):

http://www.cups.org/
http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html

The CUPS web interface (https://localhost:631/) you can access with a
text-based browser like lynx or from a remote machine.

LPRng (not under active development any more):

http://www.lprng.com/
http://www.linuxprinting.org/lpd-doc.html

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