Troubleshooting • Raspberry Pi 5 / Bookworm 12 / CUPS / Star TSP100

Trying to set up my Star Micronics TSP100 (Model: TSP100II, also has 143IIU on the label under the printer) on my Raspberry Pi 5, Bookworm 12. Tried following this tutorial that I once did on my Raspberry Pi 4. viewtopic.php?p=212825 Obviously it’s 2024 so some of the info below needed to be updated.

First install Cups:
sudo apt-get install cups (Cups is already installed on Bookwork)
sudo usermod -a -G lpadmin pi (did this command)

Then the h-files and lib for development:
sudo apt-get install libcups2-dev (I Installed this package)

Then download the source code from Star at:
http://www.starmicronics.com/support/de ... _for_Linux (This link now gives a 404, on the starmicronics.com website I can’t find “TSP 100 or TSP100II” but going to this page http://dev.starmicronics.com/support/default.aspx I was able to select my product type “TSP100 futurePRINT” Under Recommended I downloaded “futurePRNT V7.6.0 Lite (281MB) Includes Windows Driver, Linux CUPS Driver, Mac OS X CUPS Driver, Configuration Utility, OPOS and JavaPOS”. )

Unziped the file:
tsp100_v760_lite.zip (updated name, Star_CUPS_Driver-3.15.0_linux.tar.gz, unpacked, then unpacked that .tar file)

Unpack the file:
Went into the linux/CUPS folder and unpacked Star_CUPS_Driver-3.12.0_linux.tar.gz by right clicking, Extract Here.

The build:
No change to the makefile is needed

Went to the dir where the ppd files are, right clicked the ppd folder to open up terminal and did the following:
sudo make (Didn’t work, error: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.)
sudo make install (Didn’t work, error: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.)

Assumed I would have to install the .ppd files manually I logged into the CUPS UI, localhost:631, saw the Star Micronics, under connections, usb://Star/TSP143%20(STR_T-001), under local printers: Star TSP143 (STR_T-001) (Star TSP143 (STR_T-001)). I tried adding the USB version first since the Pi is directly hooked up to the printer. When getting to the step to add the .ppd file I went into the ppd directory, I didn’t see anything for a tsp100, tsp100II, but I did see tsp143.ppd and tsp143gt.ppd. I picked tsp143.ppd, says it added the printer successfully. From there I tried to print a receipt and nothing happened. Went to check on the status of the printer and it said the following under status: Idle - “File “/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertostar” not available: No such file or directory.” Tried the tsp143gt.ppd, same thing.

Since that didn't work I also tried connecting to under local printers: Star TSP143 (STR_T-001) (Star TSP143 (STR_T-001)). Tried both tsp143.ppd and tsp143gt.ppd and got the same no print, just idle.

I have no idea where to go from here.

Statistics: Posted by guruabyss — Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:23 pm

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