How do I print directly to LPT port in Ubuntu?

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While screwing around my garage, I've found an ancient matrix printer, Epson LX-1050. Ubuntu recognised it without problems, and I was able to print several pages using it via CUPS. Now, for some reason, I want to use this printer the way it was designed back in 1994: to write directly to parallel …

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echo "Y helo thar" > /dev/lp0

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I seem to have it figured out. Silly me. While googling examples of lpadmin usage, I've stubled upon this link: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1437325 Permissions on dev/lp0 were: Group lp, from my knowledge, has only the lp user. After I …

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