are there any Virtual printer in Ubuntu that can be used during development to print RAW (similar to what most Thermal printer does--but virtual), either print to file or print to display.
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You sure can, and I know of two ways to do it.
a) The CUPS drivers include a definition of a plain text printer. Install CUPS, configure it, then choose that printer and print.
b) RAW printing is also available as per this link, and it allows the selection of a plain text printer which is exactly what you are asking for, without the use of any driver or printing subsystem.
- Open System Settings > Printers
- Pick Add
- For the driver, choose text-only from Database > Generic > Forward
- Give it a name, and test print.
