Hi,
Most Epson Stylus printers don't do straight ASCII.
They don't have internal fonts, so you must use a
printer filter to print to them.
What you do have in /etc/printcap for /dev/usb/lp0?
Also, you could search the archives (linked from
www.linux-usb.org) for "epson" and may be able to
find some help.
Here's a link that may help you:
http://www1.webnik.ne.jp/~beat-a/LinuxEpson.html (800C)
~Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stein E. Strandmoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 4:25 PM
> To: Linux USB
> Subject: [linux-usb] USB printing; Epson870
>
>
> No success getting the new model Epson Stylus Photo 870 to speak with
> lpd over USB... http://www.epson.com/printer/inkjet/sty870/
>
> I have loaded:
> parport_probe 3428 0 (autoclean)
> parport_pc 7396 1 (autoclean)
> lp 4708 1 (autoclean)
> parport 7320 1 (autoclean) [parport_probe parport_pc
> lp]
> soundcore 2596 0 (autoclean) (unused)
> hisax 117088 4
> isdn 112460 6 [hisax]
> slhc 4500 2 [isdn]
> rtl8139 12416 1 (autoclean)
> joydev 4948 0
> wmforce 1692 0 (unused)
> hid 10592 0 (unused)
> input 2716 0 [joydev wmforce hid]
> printer 3692 0
> usb-uhci 21248 0 (unused)
> usbcore 38856 0 [wmforce hid printer usb-uhci]
>
> The wmforce joystick works nicely over USB.
>
> And the printer is reported as:
> T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=00 Cnt=01 Dev#= 2 Spd=12 MxCh= 0
> D: Ver= 1.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1
> P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0005 Rev= 1.00
> S: Manufacturer=EPSON
> S: Product=USB Printer
> S: SerialNumber=t06020002221532330
> C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA
> I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=usblp
> E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms
> E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl= 0ms
>
> I've also:
> mkdir /dev/usb
> mknod /dev/usb/lp0 c 180 0
> chown root.daemon /dev/usb/lp0
> chmod 660 /dev/usb/lp0
>
> So far, so good. I can see it in usbview, so cables etc should be ok.
> But, sending ascii to the device, or setting up lpd using
> driver gives no visible response on the printer.
>
> Any ideas at how I can further troubleshoot?
>
> PS. On RH6.1 with 2.2.15 kernel and 2.3.99r7 backport patch.
> --
> Stein E. Strandmoe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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