No response from -questions... I can't get this printer to work at all. I've been to cups.org, avasys.jp, and http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting to no avail.
I already had cups installed and working under FreeBSD from a LONG time ago. I used to use it with an HP DeskJet 560C. Later, I bought a Brother monochrome laser with BR-Script (their version of postscript). That printer was EASY to get working, because Brother supplied a .ppd file. I googled my tail off. The OpenPrinting database said to use gutenprint, which I didn't have installed, so I installed it and in cups, I removed the printer and re-added it using the gutenprint ppd apropriate for the CX8400. When I print a test page, it just prints garbage. This printer is a USB printer and I added device ulpt and it shows up with usbdevs: addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel uhub0 addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel uhub1 addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel uhub2 addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel uhub3 addr 2: USB Receiver, Logitech ums0 addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel uhub4 addr 2: USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed), EPSON ulpt0 umass0 It works under WinXP Pro and I bought this printer because it was pretty cheap and I needed one quickly. But Epson put a lot of money into CUPS and I can't believe this is so friggin' hard to get it to work. I think the handbook could use some more troubleshooting info for usb printers. This printer, from what I read on the Internet, will support printing us-ascii, so I tried to send an ls -l > /dev/ulpt0 device, but it didn't even print that. I also noted that the gutenprint users manual says I should have an epson backend in /usr/local/libexec/cups/backend. I don't have one. How do I get it there? What am I missing? _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
