In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jack Pistachio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >I'm having some trouble setting up an Epson Stylus Color >880 USB printer on my linux system. I've compiled a new >2.4.17 kernel since the 'older' 2.2.x kernels do not have >much in the way of USB support without a patch (or so I've >heard). Seems to be working fine and my OHCI USB port can >detect and talk primitively with the printer (i.e. it shows >up in /proc/bus/usb/devices). >However I can't print. Tried using LPD and LPRng with >magicfilter and apsfilter but I'm not sure which filter >specifically is best with the printer. I doubt that is even >the problem since I can only get anything printed by using >'cat file.txt > /dev/lp0' when the printer is on the >parallel port instead of the USB. I tried a similiar >command with the USB and I get nothing. Has anybody >installed an Epson USB printer that can give me some >suggestions or pointers on what they had to do? Thanks. >
Hi Jack, I had similar problems. I now use 2.4.17 with the USB bits compiled as modules. I have also changed to using CUPS from Woody. Although it is not a dependency I found that usbutils helped as well. CUPS and the latest gs seems to send the correct string that wakes up the 880 on the USB port. If I can help further give me a shout. Roland -- _______________________________________________ 1 cent a minute calls anywhere in the U.S.! http://www.getpennytalk.com/cgi-bin/adforward.cgi?p_key=RG9853KJ&url=http://www.getpennytalk.com
