Just put it on a desktop (Windows PC - not NT4 obviously!) and network share
it from there?
I assume you do have desktop PC's on 24hrs for virus updates and what not?
Cheers,
Richard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Hards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Orville Carter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "e-smith-devinfo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 12:46 PM
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] USB Printer
> Orville Carter wrote:
> >
> > A client just offered us a NEW Epson inkjet printer. (Hey, we are nice
> > guys - and we work cheap ;-) )
> > It is an all USB printer. I would like to use it as a network printer
on
> > e-Smith 4.2.x.
> Err, did I miss a release announcement?
>
> > Any ideas on how to configure the USB for printers???
> Not many, but I'll try to help.
>
> USB printers require the USB subsystem, and the USB printer class driver.
>
> The modules you will need depend on the type of machine that you have.
Intel
> and Via chipsets need UHCI driver (you can use usb-uhci.o or uhci.o),
everyone
> else needs OHCI (use usb-ohci.o). If you aren't sure, look at the PCI
mapping
> information - UHCI is I/O mapped, and OHCI is memory mapped. If you still
> aren't sure, load uhci.o and usb-ohci.o. You also need to load printer.o
and
> usbcore.o.
> E-smith might autoload the modules when you plug in the printer. I haven't
> actually tried this on my e-smith box.
>
> USB printers appear on char 180/0-15. E-smith 4.1.2 maps this to
/dev/usb/lp0
> through /dev/usb/lp15, which is pretty typical. The USB printer driver is
> basically a /dev/lpX emulator. You can just use /dev/usb/lp0 instead of
> /dev/lp0 in any configuration you might need.
>
> The only gotcha with some USB printers is that they need magic control
streams
> to switch from parport mode to usb mode. And you guessed it, an EPSON
printer
> is one of them :) It depends on which model you get, but most EPSON
printers
> need the string listed at:
> http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#sh3
>
> You can find more information on all kinds of things relating to Linux USB
at
> http://www.linux-usb.org, although support for 2.2 kernels is pretty
scant. In
> fact, using the USB in 2.2.16 might be a bit hairy - I vaguely recall
reports
> of problems that I think were PCI routing related.
>
> HTH.
>
> Brad
>
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