USB Printer setup
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. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/
USB Printer setup
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=RG9853KJurl=http://www.getpennytalk.com
Re: USB Printer Setup Problem
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:14:29PM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote: My fault. I mistakenly built the kernel with UHCI when I should have used OHCI. Tom George On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 10:43:14AM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:23:00PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: I have an Epson StylusColor 860 which I wish to use on a usb port. I compiled my 2.2.19 kernel with usb support, usb file support and usb printer. cat /proc/bus/usb/devices is emplty, cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers I would expect /proc/bus/usb/devices to at least list your USB root hub. On boot or when you first load usbcore.o and usb-uhci.o/uhci.o/ohci.o modules, what is logged in /var/log/messages? The following lines are in /var/log/messages: usb.c: registered new driver usblp usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub but still /proc/bus/usb/devices is an empty file. shows: hub usbdevfs 0- 15: usblp I have checked BIOS (and that other operating? system accesses the printer with no difficulty). One reference lists a long series of codes to be sent by uniprint to wake up the printer in usb mode but apt-get doesn't know about uniprint. Is there a good stable solution to this problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jerome -- 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: USB Printer Setup Problem
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:23:00PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: I have an Epson StylusColor 860 which I wish to use on a usb port. I compiled my 2.2.19 kernel with usb support, usb file support and usb printer. cat /proc/bus/usb/devices is emplty, cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers I would expect /proc/bus/usb/devices to at least list your USB root hub. On boot or when you first load usbcore.o and usb-uhci.o/uhci.o/ohci.o modules, what is logged in /var/log/messages? shows: hub usbdevfs 0- 15: usblp I have checked BIOS (and that other operating? system accesses the printer with no difficulty). One reference lists a long series of codes to be sent by uniprint to wake up the printer in usb mode but apt-get doesn't know about uniprint. Is there a good stable solution to this problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jerome
Re: USB Printer Setup Problem
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 10:43:14AM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 04:23:00PM -0500, Thomas H. George,,, wrote: I have an Epson StylusColor 860 which I wish to use on a usb port. I compiled my 2.2.19 kernel with usb support, usb file support and usb printer. cat /proc/bus/usb/devices is emplty, cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers I would expect /proc/bus/usb/devices to at least list your USB root hub. On boot or when you first load usbcore.o and usb-uhci.o/uhci.o/ohci.o modules, what is logged in /var/log/messages? The following lines are in /var/log/messages: usb.c: registered new driver usblp usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub but still /proc/bus/usb/devices is an empty file. shows: hub usbdevfs 0- 15: usblp I have checked BIOS (and that other operating? system accesses the printer with no difficulty). One reference lists a long series of codes to be sent by uniprint to wake up the printer in usb mode but apt-get doesn't know about uniprint. Is there a good stable solution to this problem? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Jerome -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB Printer Setup Problem
I have an Epson StylusColor 860 which I wish to use on a usb port. I compiled my 2.2.19 kernel with usb support, usb file support and usb printer. cat /proc/bus/usb/devices is emplty, cat /proc/bus/usb/drivers shows: hub usbdevfs 0- 15: usblp I have checked BIOS (and that other operating? system accesses the printer with no difficulty). One reference lists a long series of codes to be sent by uniprint to wake up the printer in usb mode but apt-get doesn't know about uniprint. Is there a good stable solution to this problem?
USB Printer Setup
I am runing 2.2.18pre21 with modules and usb printer module configured. I have an Epson Stylus Color 860 connected to the USB port and it works with that other system. I have run mknod /dev/usb/lp0 c 180 0 and modified printcap to lp=/dev/usb/lp0 When I try to print a test file with the command lp testfile I get an acknowledgement that I have requested a print job and lpq reports an active job in the que but nothing prints. What is missing from my setup?
Re: USB Printer Setup
Hello, what happens if you send some peace of text directly (as root) to the device? eg. $ echo This is a test /dev/usb/lp0 Bye -- Bastian Bowe
Re: USB Printer Setup
Bastian Bowe wrote: Hello, what happens if you send some peace of text directly (as root) to the device? eg. $ echo This is a test /dev/usb/lp0 Bye Interesting. I get a message No such device.
