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Sorry, this is my first time in the Lounge. Did anyone try the CUPS
web interface approach? Interesting idea.

My first post didn’t specify what I was asking.

Did anyone try this? Interesting idea.
Looking at the specs. on the WOW, there must be a huge profit to
the manufacturer.

Looking over the packages for Tiny Core Linux, I see that it’s using CUPS (https://cups.org) for printing services. Given how popular CUPS is (Apple also uses it for OS X and eventually bought the rights to the code), it’s not likely that the folks at WOW! Computer would replace it with something else.

One of the neat features of CUPS is that it has both a command-line and web interface. There’s a chance that the web interface hasn’t been disabled so start the web browser and paste/type the following web address:
[INDENT]http://localhost:631/[/INDENT]

If for some weird reason there’s an error that says “host not found” or something similar, try it like this:
[INDENT]http://127.0.0.1:631/[/INDENT]

CUPS is usuallly paired up with Foomatic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foomatic). There are thousands of printer models in the database (http://openprinting.org/printers) and Brother printers are particularly well supported given their popularity with Linux users so you most likely don’t need to install any additional drivers or system packages.

The web interface is pretty easy to navigate. There are wizards for adding, modifying and deleting printers. The unknown is whether the default login has enough permissions to make the necessary changes.

Based on the screenshots on the WOW! Computer website, I doubt there’s a menu/shortcut to get to a terminal window for a command prompt. The virtual consoles in Linux are also likely to have been disabled, but it’s worth trying if the web interface for CUPS isn’t an option.

Chung

This is an interesting suggestion about using CUPS. What happened?? Did the web interface work???