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How To Install Thermal Printer Driver Using CUPS

This document provides instructions for installing a printer driver and adding a receipt printer on Linux systems like SUSE, Fedora Core, RedHat, and Ubuntu. It describes extracting an installation archive, running make install as root, restarting CUPS, and using the printing manager or CUPS admin page to add the VENDOR THERMAL Receipt Printer.

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How To Install Thermal Printer Driver Using CUPS

This document provides instructions for installing a printer driver and adding a receipt printer on Linux systems like SUSE, Fedora Core, RedHat, and Ubuntu. It describes extracting an installation archive, running make install as root, restarting CUPS, and using the printing manager or CUPS admin page to add the VENDOR THERMAL Receipt Printer.

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1.

Linux(SUSE, Fedora Core, RedHat)


1.1. Installation.
1. Extract this archive creating the vendorcupsinstall directory automatically.
# tar –zxvf vendorcupsinstall_20080508.tar.gz
2. Open your favorite shell (bash, etc.) and move to the vendorcupsinstall directory.
# cd vendorcupsinstall
3. Execute the 'su' command to obtain super-user level permissions.
You must enter the root user's password for this to succeed. Be careful!.
4. Type 'make install' to install this package onto your computer.
# make install [Enter]
A successfull install should result in output similar to this:

# installing
cp ppd/*.gz install
cd install; exec ./setup
VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER
VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER CUPS Driver 1.0.0 installation Start
---------------------------------------

Models included:
VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER
Searching for ServerRoot, ServerBin, and DataDir tags in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

ServerBin tag is present as an absolute path

DataDir tag is present as an absolute path

ServerRoot = /etc/cups
ServerBin = /usr/lib/cups
DataDir = /usr/share/cups

Copying rastertovtp filter to //usr/lib/cups/filter

Copying Model PPD files to //usr/share/cups/model/VendorTP


Restarting CUPS
Shutting down cupsd..done
Starting cupsd..done

Install Complete
Add printer queue using K Menu -> Utilities -> Printing -> Printing Manager, or
Add printer queue using OS tool, http://localhost:631, or http://127.0.0.1:631

5. Goto http://127.0.0.1:631 or use your favorite CUPS admin tool.


Or K Menu -> Utilities -> Printing -> Printing Manager.

1.2. How to Add Printer


1.2.1. How to Add Printer(SUSE, Fedora Core)
K Menu -> Utilities -> Printing -> Printing Manager.
Or http://localhost:631
Add  Add Printer/Class…  Next
 Local Printer(Parallel, Serial, USB)
Or Network Printer(TCP)
 Manufacturer(VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER) and Model(VENDOR THERMAL Receipt
Printer)
 End.

1.2.2. How to Add Printer(RedHat)


Start Application -> Priferences -> Printing Manager Or http://localhost:631
Add  Add Printer/Class…  Next
 Local Printer(Parallel, Serial, USB)
Or Network Printer(TCP)
 Manufacturer(VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER) and Model(VENDOR THERMAL Receipt
Printer)
 End.
2. Linux(Ubuntu)
2.1. Installation.
1. Extract this archive creating the vendorcupsinstall directory automatically.
# tar –zxvf vendorcupsinstall_20080508.tar.gz
2. Open your favorite shell (bash, etc.) and move to the vendorcupsinstall directory.
# cd vendorcupsinstall/install
3. Execute the 'su' command to obtain super-user level permissions.
You must enter the root user's password for this to succeed. Be careful!.
4. Type 'make install' to install this package onto your computer.
# ./setup.ubuntu Destination-Directory [Enter]
Destination Directory  Directory to copy ppd files
A successfull install should result in output similar to this:

# installing
cp ppd/*.gz install
cd install; exec ./setup
VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER
VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER CUPS Driver 1.0.0 installation Start
---------------------------------------

Models included:
VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER
Searching for ServerRoot, ServerBin, and DataDir tags in /etc/cups/cupsd.conf

ServerBin tag is present as an absolute path

DataDir tag is present as an absolute path

ServerRoot = /etc/cups
ServerBin = /usr/lib/cups
DataDir = Destination-Directory

Copying rastertovtp filter to //usr/lib/cups/filter

Copying Model PPD files to Destination-Directory


Restarting CUPS
Shutting down cupsd..done
Starting cupsd..done

Install Complete
Add printer queue using K Menu -> Utilities -> Printing -> Printing Manager, or
Add printer queue using OS tool, http://localhost:631, or http://127.0.0.1:631

5. Goto http://127.0.0.1:631 or use your favorite CUPS admin tool.


Or K Menu -> Utilities -> Printing -> Printing Manager.

2.2. How to Add Printer


2.2.1. How to Add Printer(Ubuntu)
System -> Administration -> Printing. Or http://localhost:631

Menu(Printer)  Add Printer  Next


 Local Printer(Parallel, Serial, USB)
Or Network Printer(TCP)
 Manufacturer(VENDOR THERMAL PRINTER) and Model(VENDOR THERMAL Receipt
Printer)
 End.

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