Folks - I feel … very slow intellectually - I’m at an event with lots of free time found the following:
Printer plugged into Linux machine located at /dev/usb/…
did lsusb first to find if the printer is dectected:
on my machine:
/dev/usb/lp1
when I ran:
ls -l /dev/usb/lp1
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 1 Aug 25 16:44 /dev/usb/lp1
changed access to port:
sudo chmod 777 /dev/usb/lp1
tested the port:
echo -e “This is a test.\n\n\n” > /dev/usb/lp1
got a this is a test out of the printer…
now use the cat command:
cat {full path with file name} > /dev/usb/lp1
or you can use
cd {full path name}
cat {file name} > /dev/usb/lp1
and it works with plan text files!!!
case closed …