I was able to get this working with a script that one of the list members supplied me with. If you need it please email me and I will send it to you.
Dale Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been installing debian most all day, so I'm probably missing something > really obvious here, but I'm having a real problem with the printer setup. > > How do I get printing setup correctly in debian? I have installed lprng and > magic filter but I can't get it to print. I have also tried printtool, but > that doesn't work either. And of course apsfilter. > > My printer is an Epson Stylus Color 600. I've set it up to print at 720dpi > on plain paper. Does anyone have a working printcap file for this printer > that they will send to me? > > I want to be able to print using the command lp so I can print messages from > mutt or slrn, Here's what I get when I try to print a simple text file: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lp quills > request id is [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ..at this point nothing happens.. so I issue lpq command > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lpq > Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Epson Stylus Color' > Queue: no printable jobs in queue > Status: removing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' - ABORT at 20:13:55.027 > Filter_status: lp is ready and printing > > Printing used to be quite easy to setup using printtool, but it doesn't work > for me now.. > any help on this one is greatly appreciated. > I've attached a copy of my existing printcap file.. > > thanks > > dale > > -- > "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" > --Bhagavad Gita > # > # Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California. > # All rights reserved. > # > # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted > # provided that this notice is preserved and that due credit is given > # to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University > # may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this > # software without specific prior written permission. This software > # is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty. > # > # @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88 > # > # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. > # > lp|lp|Epson Stylus Color:\ > :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: -- "You are entitled to your actions...not the results" --Bhagavad Gita