Hi all,
I am trying to get a cutter I got at the thrift shop up and running (advertised as working of course). I have been able to connect but it seems like I am unable to actually control it. A big part is that I have no documentation for the device, apart from the hardware setup guide I found online.
I am running a fresh install of PopOS w/ Cinnamon.
Here is where I am, I followed the instructions for setup here. www.codelv.com/projects/inkcut/docs/device-setup/
I installed the cutter as a printer because the only interface is a usb-b port, my computer detected it so I configured it as generic/raw queue.
Now in Inkscape the particular machine is not in the list of drivers, there is another SeikiTech machine but it is direct serial only. So I used the "Inkcut Generic Driver", connection type: printer, I found the device I set up in the list. Now the real problem for me to troubleshoot it is that I have no idea what protocol it expects. I was able to get it to spaz out a little by sending a job via DMPL mode 1, but the control buttons are not effective and I can not get it to stay connected and run a job. Normally when I send a job it just disconnects. I have tried rebooting everything and I have not found a pattern yet.
Long story short, does anyone know what protocol to use for this machine, or how to find this out?