On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:43:57 +0100
angelo angelo_da...@alice.it wrote:
Hello everyone !
Is there anyone who can suggest a still in production Epson ink-jet
printer not too expensive that works with YDL 6.2 and - possibly - PS3
GameOS 3.15 ? I bought a Stylus S-20, but it neither works with Linux
nor with GameOS.
Thanks in advance, Angelo Da Re.
Hi Angelo:
I'm not sure what you mean by still in production. The phrase could refer to
various things refering to the photographic arts or it simply could mean a new
Epson printer. It is not possible to determine the exact meaning so I thought
it best to merely highlight the potential for confusion for you to clarify at a
later time if your problem remains unresolved.
My approach to your printer problem will work for any Linux or Unix based
computer. First an explanation, every Linux and Unix based operating system
relies upon an open source printer control system developed by Apple known as
CUPS (Common Unix Printing System). You can read about it by visiting:
http://www.cups.org/. Cups can be accessed through your web-browser from
within YDL by typing the following within the URL: localhost:631. If your host
has a
name (which you formally defined for YDL when you first installed YDL) then you
type that name within the URL as follows: hostname:631, where hostname is
replaced by the name of host. Therefore if I called my host vulcan then I
would access CUPS within YDL by typing into my brower's URL: vulcan:631.
Capabilities of CUPS within your own YDL system:
CUPS is extremely flexible and vast regarding the variety of printers it can
control and access via the CUPS interface (meaning through the browser you use)
within YDL. Through CUPS you can control and choose the driver for the printer
type you actually own or an open source driver close to the commercial driver
provided for Windows or Apple computers. I say close because open source
drivers while amazing don't always have all the features or capabilities of
commercial drivers. Although this is true, many companies produce free open
source versions of their commercial drivers which have a good deal utility.
In the event that you are looking through CUPS from within YDL and you discover
that you don't have the driver for your particular printer listed; you can
download it from http://www.cups.org/.
I tend to use xfce within YDL 6.2, however I switched back into e17 as this is
the standard environment YDL boots into. If using CUPS is a bit too
overwhelming
you can access the standard printer environment available to all users through
e17. From the e17 menu Applications -- System Settings -- Printing.
Enter your root password for access which will lead you into the Printer
Configuration dialog window. The settings for your printer (make sure it is
connected
to YDL) while you do any of the steps recommended above or at this point, in
order for YDL to see the printer you are attempting that it controls.
I'm familiar with controlling printers through CUPS not the user interface, so
make sure that you read the documentation regarding CUPS for details and make
sure that your printer is actually connected via the USB bus or serial or
parallel or ethernet cable depending on what you are using.
All the best...
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There is no evil out of which good cannot blossom.
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