Star Micronics TSP600 receipt printer driver released

Author: Marc

17 Jan

Finally! After very popular demand, I’ve managed to post starcupsdrv_2.3.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb just for you! Since WordPress is not nice about uploading .deb files, I’ve put it on a separate sub domain with a direct download link. No special scripts or sign-in required.

If you download and use the deb file, I’d appreciate if you could leave a quick comment on this post to say hi. If the deb is really that popular, I’ll work on expanding support for it.

Once you’ve downloaded the deb, you can install it with the following command:

dpkg -i starcupsdrv_2.3.0-0ubuntu1_i386.deb

Filed under: Point of Sale, Ubuntu

6 Responses for "Star Micronics TSP600 receipt printer driver released"

Jason February 20th, 2008 at 6:26 am 1
Hey Marc, Thanks for the .deb. It installed fine. What can I use to test it? I tried “lp textfile.txt” but it returned “no default destination available”. I’m running Ubuntu 7.10 and my TSP600 printer is USB attached. There are several DIP switches in the printer … maybe I have those set wrong.
Marc February 20th, 2008 at 8:25 am 2
Hi Jason,

I’m willing to bet that you don’t need to mess with the dip switches. I’ve got mine on the defaults.

To configure and test your printer, point your browser to http://localhost:631/ It’s the CUPS config utility for your comp. You should be able to print a test page from there. If you would instead like to test with the command line “lp” set of utilities, you’ll need to specify the printer like so:
“lpr -P Star_TSP600_ textfile.txt”

Keep in mind with the above command both that
A) I’m using the newer “lpr” instead of “lp”
B) “Star_TSP600_” is the name of the printer as defined in the CUPS config. It may be different for your setup.

Let me know if that helps.
Juan Arce August 3rd, 2008 at 11:40 am 3
I have any problem with printer star sp512, The printer install ok with .deb packages but if I send printer jobs of web pages (in Firefox 3.0) in the paper only print the number of page (ej: Page 1 of 1) in the end of page, but not print the content of the document.

Sorry for my bad English,

Greetings;

Juan Arce
Costa Rica
Michael Kelly September 24th, 2008 at 3:12 am 4
Great Job. Thanks a million marc… Saved me alot of hardship!! Cheers
Eli October 14th, 2008 at 6:32 am 5
Thanks so much for this. We’re looking for a receipt printer to run on our Ubuntu circulation desk system here at the public library and this will help tremendously.

Thanks!
Stone November 7th, 2008 at 11:42 am 6
Awesome! Thank you so much.