Re: Postscript printer help
On Tuesday 19 November 2002 08:27, Gerald Livingston wrote: I was given a postscript (level 2) capable color laser printer (HP Color LaserJet 5M). What should I use as a print spool setup? I've installed CUPS but it doesn't seem to be offering a plain postscript dump option. I located a .ps file on my system (/usr/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps) and just did a 'cat /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps/dev/lp0' and it worked beautifully, color and all. Should I remove all CUPS related packages and simply install lprng and magicfilter? G You can charge a ppd file to be put in the correct diretory in order to tell CUPS what printer exactly you and what are its capabilities (see the documentation about cups on www.linuxprinting.org, look at the exact model of printer you have; the ppd file is probably there) More simply, you can choose raw printer as the model of your printer in CUPS. In this case, you will not be able to configure your printer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Postscript printer help
Jaume Guasch [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: More easy: install foomatic-bin and foomatic-db. Or, just look on HPs website for the real PPD. Foomatic PPDs don't necessarily match the vendor PPDs. -- Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] - In a variety of flavors! Barney episodes we'll never see: Barney Comes Out Of The Closet. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Postscript printer help
I was given a postscript (level 2) capable color laser printer (HP Color LaserJet 5M). What should I use as a print spool setup? I've installed CUPS but it doesn't seem to be offering a plain postscript dump option. I located a .ps file on my system (/usr/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps) and just did a 'cat /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/testprint.ps/dev/lp0' and it worked beautifully, color and all. Should I remove all CUPS related packages and simply install lprng and magicfilter? G -- Configure your Email to send TEXT ONLY -- See the following page: http://expita.com/nomime.html gvl2 (Gerald) AirBall the Rolling Basket Case (1969 Standard Beetle) LifeSaver (1974 Bay Window Bus) http://www.phorce1.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer help
Here's the problem. For some reason linux isn't seeing My Canon 4400 printer. We have both parport and parportpc installed. 1. What do I need to put in printcap? 2. Also, isn't there a text or graphical interface for setting up you printers? (I would have sworn I had seen one a some point.) If there is *whimper* what is the command or package required to start it? SJ Straith -- ** ** You can have Freedom or Peace, ** ** Don't EVER count on having both.** ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer help
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You can try apt-get install printtool and then run it as root. If you have used printtool in Redhat before you will be able to use this, for its the same tool SJ wrote: | Here's the problem. For some reason linux isn't seeing My | Canon 4400 printer. | | We have both parport and parportpc installed. | | 1. What do I need to put in printcap? | 2. Also, isn't there a text or graphical interface for | setting up you printers? (I would have sworn I had seen one | a some point.) | If there is *whimper* what is the command or package | required to start it? | | SJ Straith | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE8/PCtfhdCdg//bEgRApkFAJsF0zV0jNzazcwZCWDaZz3Dz329BQCfbDAD AzcauCO9ydbjgN0EvjVb3Kw= =qpXB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer help
On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 09:43:03AM -0700, SJ wrote: If there is *whimper* what is the command or package required to start it? If you run CUPS instead of LPD, you can use the CUPS web interface to set up all your local and remote printers. It's very nice. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ Got spam? Get spastic http://spastic.sourceforge.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer help
I'M NOT MEMER OF YOUR MAILING LISTS. MY MAIL IS : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] IS ONLY FORWARD FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED]). WHY THIS MAILS COME TO ME? EVERY DAY COME TO ME 200 MAILS FROM YOUR MAILING LISTS. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT? THANK YOU. - Original Message - From: SJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian Mailing list debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:43 PM Subject: Printer help Here's the problem. For some reason linux isn't seeing My Canon 4400 printer. We have both parport and parportpc installed. 1. What do I need to put in printcap? 2. Also, isn't there a text or graphical interface for setting up you printers? (I would have sworn I had seen one a some point.) If there is *whimper* what is the command or package required to start it? SJ Straith -- ** ** You can have Freedom or Peace, ** ** Don't EVER count on having both.** ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer help
I'M NOT MEMER OF YOUR MAILING LISTS. MY MAIL IS : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED] IS ONLY FORWARD FROM [EMAIL PROTECTED]). WHY THIS MAILS COME TO ME? EVERY DAY COME TO ME 200 MAILS FROM YOUR MAILING LISTS. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING WITH IT? THANK YOU. - Original Message - From: Quenten Griffith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: SJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian Mailing list debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: Printer help -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You can try apt-get install printtool and then run it as root. If you have used printtool in Redhat before you will be able to use this, for its the same tool SJ wrote: | Here's the problem. For some reason linux isn't seeing My | Canon 4400 printer. | | We have both parport and parportpc installed. | | 1. What do I need to put in printcap? | 2. Also, isn't there a text or graphical interface for | setting up you printers? (I would have sworn I had seen one | a some point.) | If there is *whimper* what is the command or package | required to start it? | | SJ Straith | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE8/PCtfhdCdg//bEgRApkFAJsF0zV0jNzazcwZCWDaZz3Dz329BQCfbDAD AzcauCO9ydbjgN0EvjVb3Kw= =qpXB -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Printer help please!
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: bernard wrote: For the last three days I have been banging my head against the wall (don't worry dear, its as pointy as ever it was says my sympathetic girlfriend) trying to get my printer to work. I installed potato some time ago and tried to install cups, but didn't have much luck, so I stripped everything off and re-installed lprng. I then used apsfilter to configure things, the apsfilter printed a perfect test page but when I used lprnothing! I tried with printtool which printed a test ascii direct to the port but under lpr the printer muttered a bit and then stopped. Not an expert here, but i'm using pdq/xpd (tracking unstable =) with a stylus color 880 and works quite well with the ghostscript stp driver. Another option is to compile a deb from a more recent version of cups sources in testing/unstable. I don't think cups has much by way of dependencies, so this should be straightforward. I use cups on my old SuSE system and really like it. If your printer is a recent postscript printer then cups is the way to go because it can read ppd files, and then your printer will have all the functionality it has under Windows, which is nice. And cups has a really nice front-end called qtcups. However, even if your printer is not postscript, you can still get it to work. There are some nice articles about cups out there, some available off www.linuxprinting.org. I seem to remember mandrakeuser had an article. Try going to google and doing a search for cups printing. When I got my current HP 2100M back around Christmas, I spent several days going through all the available printing software (there is a nice listing with links of linuxprinting.org). Fortunately, I had the time, since I was on vacation. I first tried plain lpr with apsfilter, then I tried lprng, then pdq, and finally tried cups, which I liked so much I threw everything else out and stuck with it. And I made my own rpm for SuSE from the source rpm on the cups web site, since the cups source rpm was a bit of a mess, and seemed by default more designed for Redhat type systems. But you've got Debian (three cheers for Debian) so you won't have those problems. I use potato and this is what I am going to do for my new Debian system. Hope this helps. Faheem.
Re: Printer help please!
bernard wrote: For the last three days I have been banging my head against the wall (don't worry dear, its as pointy as ever it was says my sympathetic girlfriend) trying to get my printer to work. I installed potato some time ago and tried to install cups, but didn't have much luck, so I stripped everything off and re-installed lprng. I then used apsfilter to configure things, the apsfilter printed a perfect test page but when I used lprnothing! I tried with printtool which printed a test ascii direct to the port but under lpr the printer muttered a bit and then stopped. lpq -L gives me the following [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lpq -L Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queue: no printable jobs in queue Status: accounting at start at 14:35:56.401 Status: opening device '/dev/lp0' at 14:35:56.452 Status: printing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 14:35:56.468 Status: printing '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' starting OF at 14:35:56.468 Status: printing data file 'dfA779debian', size 42 at 14:35:56.468 Status: IF filter finished at 14:35:57.631 Status: printing done '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 14:35:57.631 Status: accounting at end at 14:35:57.631 Status: finished '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', status 'JSUCC' at 14:35:57.631 Status: subserver pid 5782 exit status 'JSUCC' at 14:35:57.636 Status: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' printed at 14:35:57.637 Status: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' removed at 14:35:57.639 I can't see much wrong with the permissions-I'm currently operating root. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/spool/lpd total 24 drwx--2 daemon lp 4096 Jul 2 14:53 lp drwxr-xr-x2 lp lp 4096 Jul 2 11:54 stcolor-a4-ascii-color debian:/home/bernard# ls -l /var/spool/lpd/lp total 28 -rw---1 daemon lp 1602 Jul 2 14:53 acct -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 control.lp lrwxrwxrwx1 root lp 35 Jul 2 13:56 filter - /usr/share/printtool//master-filter -rw---1 daemon lp187 Jul 2 13:56 general.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 log -rw---1 daemon lp 5 Jul 2 14:53 lp -rw---1 daemon lp346 Jul 2 13:56 postscript.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 status -rw---1 daemon lp 2847 Jul 2 14:53 status.lp -rw---1 daemon lp146 Jul 2 13:56 textonly.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp I would be pathetically crawlingly grateful to anybody who could assist. There is absolutely no shortage of additional information-three days worth-if required. Frustrating when none reply, isn't? Not an expert here, but i'm using pdq/xpd (tracking unstable =) with a stylus color 880 and works quite well with the ghostscript stp driver. You don't mention your printer, but i will suggest, as a starting point, www.linuxprinting.org (IIRC). About the permission, try adding your user to the lp group (no need to use root)... Andrea
Re: Printer help please!
On Sun, Jul 08, 2001 at 10:37:51AM +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: bernard wrote: For the last three days I have been banging my head against the wall (don't worry dear, its as pointy as ever it was says my sympathetic girlfriend) trying to get my printer to work. I installed potato some time ago and tried to install cups, but didn't have much luck, so I stripped everything off and re-installed lprng. I then used apsfilter to configure things, the apsfilter printed a perfect test page but when I used lprnothing! I tried with printtool which printed a test ascii direct to the port but under lpr the printer muttered a bit and then stopped. lpq -L gives me the following [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lpq -L Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queue: no printable jobs in queue Status: accounting at start at 14:35:56.401 Status: opening device '/dev/lp0' at 14:35:56.452 Status: printing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 14:35:56.468 Status: printing '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' starting OF at 14:35:56.468 Status: printing data file 'dfA779debian', size 42 at 14:35:56.468 Status: IF filter finished at 14:35:57.631 Status: printing done '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 14:35:57.631 Status: accounting at end at 14:35:57.631 Status: finished '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', status 'JSUCC' at 14:35:57.631 Status: subserver pid 5782 exit status 'JSUCC' at 14:35:57.636 Status: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' printed at 14:35:57.637 Status: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' removed at 14:35:57.639 I can't see much wrong with the permissions-I'm currently operating root. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/spool/lpd total 24 drwx--2 daemon lp 4096 Jul 2 14:53 lp drwxr-xr-x2 lp lp 4096 Jul 2 11:54 stcolor-a4-ascii-color debian:/home/bernard# ls -l /var/spool/lpd/lp total 28 -rw---1 daemon lp 1602 Jul 2 14:53 acct -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 control.lp lrwxrwxrwx1 root lp 35 Jul 2 13:56 filter - /usr/share/printtool//master-filter -rw---1 daemon lp187 Jul 2 13:56 general.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 log -rw---1 daemon lp 5 Jul 2 14:53 lp -rw---1 daemon lp346 Jul 2 13:56 postscript.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 status -rw---1 daemon lp 2847 Jul 2 14:53 status.lp -rw---1 daemon lp146 Jul 2 13:56 textonly.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp I would be pathetically crawlingly grateful to anybody who could assist. There is absolutely no shortage of additional information-three days worth-if required. Frustrating when none reply, isn't? Not an expert here, but i'm using pdq/xpd (tracking unstable =) with a stylus color 880 and works quite well with the ghostscript stp driver. You don't mention your printer, but i will suggest, as a starting point, www.linuxprinting.org (IIRC). About the permission, try adding your user to the lp group (no need to use root)... What about the permissions of your entry in /dev/lp0 or whatever you're using? I believe the lprng daemon doesn't use root priviledges and won't work if the permissions are set wrong even if you're logged in as root. I had this problem myself. I could print a test page in apsfilter perfectly, but lprng printing wouldn't work until I changed the permissions of /dev/lp0. -- Brian Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer help please!
For the last three days I have been banging my head against the wall (don't worry dear, its as pointy as ever it was says my sympathetic girlfriend) trying to get my printer to work. I installed potato some time ago and tried to install cups, but didn't have much luck, so I stripped everything off and re-installed lprng. I then used apsfilter to configure things, the apsfilter printed a perfect test page but when I used lprnothing! I tried with printtool which printed a test ascii direct to the port but under lpr the printer muttered a bit and then stopped. lpq -L gives me the following [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ lpq -L Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Queue: no printable jobs in queue Status: accounting at start at 14:35:56.401 Status: opening device '/dev/lp0' at 14:35:56.452 Status: printing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 14:35:56.468 Status: printing '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' starting OF at 14:35:56.468 Status: printing data file 'dfA779debian', size 42 at 14:35:56.468 Status: IF filter finished at 14:35:57.631 Status: printing done '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at 14:35:57.631 Status: accounting at end at 14:35:57.631 Status: finished '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', status 'JSUCC' at 14:35:57.631 Status: subserver pid 5782 exit status 'JSUCC' at 14:35:57.636 Status: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' printed at 14:35:57.637 Status: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' removed at 14:35:57.639 I can't see much wrong with the permissions-I'm currently operating root. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -l /var/spool/lpd total 24 drwx--2 daemon lp 4096 Jul 2 14:53 lp drwxr-xr-x2 lp lp 4096 Jul 2 11:54 stcolor-a4-ascii-color debian:/home/bernard# ls -l /var/spool/lpd/lp total 28 -rw---1 daemon lp 1602 Jul 2 14:53 acct -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 control.lp lrwxrwxrwx1 root lp 35 Jul 2 13:56 filter - /usr/share/printtool//master-filter -rw---1 daemon lp187 Jul 2 13:56 general.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 log -rw---1 daemon lp 5 Jul 2 14:53 lp -rw---1 daemon lp346 Jul 2 13:56 postscript.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp 0 Jul 2 13:56 status -rw---1 daemon lp 2847 Jul 2 14:53 status.lp -rw---1 daemon lp146 Jul 2 13:56 textonly.cfg -rw---1 daemon lp I would be pathetically crawlingly grateful to anybody who could assist. There is absolutely no shortage of additional information-three days worth-if required. Bernard Pack -- -- I have a perfectly stable system, as in,'we've cut him from the wreck and given him four pints of blood and his condition is stable'
Need Printer Help..............HELP!
Don't know if I'm writing to the right place here or not. If you could help me, I would very much appreciate it. I have a fairly new printer, DeskJet 648C, and it has always worked great. It is only a few months old. I updated my computer to 6.0, and since then, it will not copy anything from websights. Just sends out a plain sheet of paper. I reloaded, the printer disk, but to no avail. It will print other stuff, but nothing off of the web. If you have any suggestions, or any suggestions where I can write to, I would so very much be appreciative. Great day to you, Ruby
Re: Need Printer Help..............HELP!
On Sunday 10 June 2001 12:46 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know if I'm writing to the right place here or not. If you could help me, I would very much appreciate it. I have a fairly new printer, DeskJet 648C, and it has always worked great. It is only a few months old. I updated my computer to 6.0, and since then, it will not copy anything from websights. Just sends out a plain sheet of paper. I reloaded, the printer disk, but to no avail. It will print other stuff, but nothing off of the web. If you have any suggestions, or any suggestions where I can write to, I would so very much be appreciative. Great day to you, Ruby What software are you talking about when you say I updated my computer to 6.0? - David Nusinow [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lexmark 5700 printer help please
Has anyone gotten this printer to work in debian? Am I fighting a losing battle? I have been trying to get this printer to work for a month. I downloaded the driver and it shows on the list of printers in printool but when I select it and configure it, it never works. When I try to print it says file sent to queue lp This printer worked in SuSE so I know it can work in linux. Will it work in debian? Thanks for the help. Len
Lexmark 5700/5770 printer help please
I have been trying to get my Lexmark 5770 printer to work in debian for a few weeks. It is the last piece of the debian puzzle and I am determined to figure it out. The same printer works fine in SuSE 7.1 so I know I can do it. I have the driver ( lex5700 ) loaded in both systems. Question 1: Have any of you ever gotten this printer to work in debian? Question 2: What is so different in SuSE that it works there so well with the same driver? Thanks for any help you can offer. Regards Len in MA
Re: Lexmark 5700/5770 printer help please
What do you mean you installed driver? I do not know Suse, but if it is like RH like, you need to install several programs in debian. gohstscript, lprng or lpr, ... If you need printtool, get it from pool (woody) and install all required programs. Thogh printtool only works with lprNG despite its claim at this moment (Sorry, my fault.) lprngtool may be alternative. apsfilter with lpr or magicfilter with lprng may be good alternative in potato. good luck. Osamu On Sat, Apr 07, 2001 at 09:24:49AM -0400, Len D wrote: I have been trying to get my Lexmark 5770 printer to work in debian for a few weeks. It is the last piece of the debian puzzle and I am determined to figure it out. The same printer works fine in SuSE 7.1 so I know I can do it. I have the driver ( lex5700 ) loaded in both systems. Question 1: Have any of you ever gotten this printer to work in debian? Question 2: What is so different in SuSE that it works there so well with the same driver? Thanks for any help you can offer. Regards Len in MA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki [EMAIL PROTECTED], GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + For more debian survival information, peek into: + + http://www.aokiconsulting.com/debian-survival/ +
Re: printer help
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Shao Zhang wrote: Just had a quick look of the stylus_color_720dpi-filter. The first couple of lines look like: # PostScript 0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r720 -q [SNIP] This is the slink version, while the poster indicated potato. Sometimes this difference doesn't matter, but in this case there have been some important changes, specifically the upp drivers replacing stcolor. now, copy this file to stylus_color_740dpi-filter and change all the 720 values to 740. Then update your printcap to points to this modified filter. Restart lpd by running /etc/init.d/lpd restart or /etc/init.d/lprng restart depends which printing package you got, then it should work.. How is changing the output resolution from 720 dpi to 740 going to solve the problem? The 740 in Epson Stylus Color 740 is a model number, not a dpi rating. On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 05:44:40PM +0200, Jocke wrote: Hi all, I can't get lpr to work properly. I guess I am just unexperienced so some hints and advice would be appreciated. I have a pretty slim potato setup. gs-aladdin lprng magicfilter [[SNIP]] printer EPSON STYLUS color 740 when trying to print a .ps file with lpr some_file.ps I just get lots of form feeds and strange output after a while when trying a ordinary text file nothing happens. The job is in the que for a while but nothing prints. i had this problem i while back with Stylus Color 600, in the end i ended up modifying the stylus_color_###dpi-filter to use @stc600pl.upp instead of @stc2.upp, and @stc600p.upp instead of @stc800p.upp. i don't know the proper filters for a 740; the gs docs indicate that @stc500p.upp (360 dpi), @stc500ph.upp (720 dpi), and stcany.upp (360 dpi) should function, although the gamma correction may be wrong. Read the uniprint section in /usr/doc/gs-aladdin/Devices.htm for more info.
printer help
Hi all, I can't get lpr to work properly. I guess I am just unexperienced so some hints and advice would be appreciated. I have a pretty slim potato setup. gs-aladdin lprng magicfilter - printcap file: lp|epson|EPSON STYLUS color 740:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: printer EPSON STYLUS color 740 when trying to print a .ps file with lpr some_file.ps I just get lots of form feeds and strange output after a while when trying a ordinary text file nothing happens. The job is in the que for a while but nothing prints. As root I can print with cat some_file /dev/lp0 - If I do lpc start I get Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]: started -- What extra info can I give ? Would appreciate som input on this. Best Regards Joakim Svensson
Re: printer help
Just had a quick look of the stylus_color_720dpi-filter.
The first couple of lines look like:
# PostScript
0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r720 -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -dSpotSize='{2.6 2.4 2.6 2}' -sOutputFile=- -
0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r720 -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -dSpotSize='{2.6 2.4 2.6 2}' -sOutputFile=- -
# PDF
0 %PDFfpipe /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r720 -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -dSpotSize='{2.6 2.4 2.6 2}' -sOutputFile=- $FILE
# TeX DVI
0 \367\002fpipe /usr/bin/dvips -D 720 -R -q -f
now, copy this file to stylus_color_740dpi-filter and change all the 720 values
to 740.
Then update your printcap to points to this modified filter.
Restart lpd by running /etc/init.d/lpd restart or /etc/init.d/lprng restart
depends which printing package
you got, then it should work..
On Wed, Aug 04, 1999 at 05:44:40PM +0200, Jocke wrote:
Hi all,
I can't get lpr to work properly. I guess I am just
unexperienced so some hints and advice would be
appreciated.
I have a pretty slim potato setup.
gs-aladdin
lprng
magicfilter
-
printcap file:
lp|epson|EPSON STYLUS color 740:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
printer EPSON STYLUS color 740
when trying to print a .ps file with
lpr some_file.ps I just get lots of form feeds and strange
output after a while
when trying a ordinary text file nothing happens.
The job is in the que for a while but nothing prints.
As root I can print with cat some_file /dev/lp0
-
If I do lpc start I get
Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: started
--
What extra info can I give ?
Would appreciate som input on this.
Best Regards
Joakim Svensson
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Re: Need printer help
Subject: Need printer help Date: Sat, Mar 27, 1999 at 01:41:41AM -0500 In reply to:Robbie Huffman Quoting Robbie Huffman([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I'm hoping someone out here can help me discover why my printer won't print. Until not very long ago, I was using a Slackware system, and sending my infrequent print jobs by hand using gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=laserjet -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1. Now that I've switched to Debian, I can't get that much to work anymore. A good tunelp /dev/lp1 -r gets some response from the printer (in the form of some printhead movement), but nothing else will. Using gs sometimes causes the busy light to come on, but it quickly blinks out again. The Printing-HOWTO doesn't have any debugging hints. I'm lost. And my only guess is that the Debian setup for lpt1 is somehow different. Any pointers? Thanks, Robbie Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] do You have a /etc/printcap file? I seem to reall that Slack makes that for you. If not, get the magicfilter package. Run magicfilterconfig and answer a few questions. Your printer will then talk to you, again. HTH -- Bringing computers into the home won't change either one, but may revitalize the corner saloon. ___ Wayne T. Topa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Need printer help
I'm hoping someone out here can help me discover why my printer won't print. Until not very long ago, I was using a Slackware system, and sending my infrequent print jobs by hand using gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=laserjet -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1. Now that I've switched to Debian, I can't get that much to work anymore. A good tunelp /dev/lp1 -r gets some response from the printer (in the form of some printhead movement), but nothing else will. Using gs sometimes causes the busy light to come on, but it quickly blinks out again. The Printing-HOWTO doesn't have any debugging hints. I'm lost. And my only guess is that the Debian setup for lpt1 is somehow different. Any pointers? Thanks, Robbie Huffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HP820se Windows printer help
Hi all, I have a HP820se printer and was wondering if anyone had luck configuring this printer with a Debian system. I have HAMM installed and I have used Tim Norman's PPA utility on an old slackware system, but currently I am having trouble (no output) on the Debian system. Thanks Rich
Thanks for the printer help
Everyone that helped me on the network printing problem, thanks. I have it working now and everything is working fine. Thanks again. Brian Schramm -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
