I totally misunderstood the question.
Referring to the WalMart ad for specs
  http://www.walmart.com/ip/Canon-PIXMA-MP250-Photo-All-In-One-Inkjet-Print=
er-Copier-Scanner-Value-Bundle/12534987#ProductDetail

I don't know how to send data to a USB device other than through a=20
device driver as the vendor intended.
Sorry for any confusion...

On 2/22/2012 5:45 PM, YES NOPE9 wrote:
> I want to use a consumer grade inkjet printer for special printing.
> For example I have some Canon MP250 printers available.
> I want to attempt to issue low level commands like line feed or reverse l=
ine feed.
> Using google has led me to PCL  ( aka PDL )  Also mentioned was PJL comma=
nds.
>
> I am now trying to learn how to send commands to the printer.
> I thought possibly through a scripting terminal app using Bash I could se=
nd commands.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions or links ?
>
> Gus

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