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  • [gentoo-user] SII Smart Label Printer SLP-650 with Gentoo

    From thelma@sys-concept.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Mar 26 22:00:01 2023
    Is anybody using Seiko SII Smart Label Printer SLP-650 with Gentoo
    I have a hard time make it to work.

    I have a siislp650.ppd file but when I try to add it via cups under manufacture name Seiko is not showing up.

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    Thelma

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  • From Peter Humphrey@21:1/5 to thelma@sys-concept.com on Sun Mar 26 23:40:01 2023
    On Sunday, 26 March 2023 20:53:01 BST thelma@sys-concept.com wrote:
    Is anybody using Seiko SII Smart Label Printer SLP-650 with Gentoo
    I have a hard time make it to work.

    I have a siislp650.ppd file but when I try to add it via cups under manufacture name Seiko is not showing up.

    I hope I've understood you, but if you have a PPD file, you just specify it directly.. No messing about with makers - just pick Another Network Printer
    and copy in the file name. For instance, with my Lexmark printer I tell it to use /usr/local/src/<printer ppd file>.

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    Regards,
    Peter.

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  • From karl@aspodata.se@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 27 01:00:01 2023
    Thelma:
    Is anybody using Seiko SII Smart Label Printer SLP-650 with Gentoo

    No, sorry.

    I have a hard time make it to work.
    I have a siislp650.ppd file but when I try to add it via cups under manufacture name Seiko is not showing up.

    This page mentions linux cups driver: https://siibusinessproducts.com/support/software-driver-downloads/

    There is also a driver here: https://github.com/danieloneill/SeikoSLPLinuxDriver

    The last one has a siislp650.ppd file which mentions: /Library/Printers/SII/rastertosiislp.app/Contents/Resources/DriverIcons/slp650.icns
    /usr/lib/cups/filter/seikoslp.rastertolabel

    Do you have thoose two installed ?

    Regards,
    /Karl Hammar

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  • From thelma@sys-concept.com@21:1/5 to karl@aspodata.se on Mon Mar 27 03:10:01 2023
    On 3/26/23 16:52, karl@aspodata.se wrote:
    Thelma:
    Is anybody using Seiko SII Smart Label Printer SLP-650 with Gentoo

    No, sorry.

    I have a hard time make it to work.
    I have a siislp650.ppd file but when I try to add it via cups under manufacture name Seiko is not showing up.

    This page mentions linux cups driver: https://siibusinessproducts.com/support/software-driver-downloads/

    There is also a driver here: https://github.com/danieloneill/SeikoSLPLinuxDriver

    The last one has a siislp650.ppd file which mentions: /Library/Printers/SII/rastertosiislp.app/Contents/Resources/DriverIcons/slp650.icns
    /usr/lib/cups/filter/seikoslp.rastertolabel

    Yes, when I add via installer ppd file it complains:

    Idle - "File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/seikoslp.rastertolabel" not available: No such file or directory"

    Do you have thoose two installed ?

    I found file: seikoslp.rastertolabel
    in: https://github.com/Mcbeer/SLP650Clone

    But where to get the, "slp650.icns"

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  • From karl@aspodata.se@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 27 13:00:02 2023
    Thelma:
    ...
    But where to get the, "slp650.icns"

    That is probably just some image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Icon_Image

    Take any suitable icon image you have an run:
    convert file slp650.icns

    If you want it to look like the label printer,
    just take a phograph of it, downscale it to be suitable
    for an icon and convert it.

    Regards,
    /Karl Hammar

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