Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-09-30 Thread Willy Lee
Hello, I found archived posts to this list discussing this printer, which I happen to have been cursed with. Apparently this printer is supposed to work with the BJC-600 driver, but not for ascii. So I installed magicfilter, set up the BJC-600 driver, scratched my head for awhile, then installed

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-09-30 Thread John Hasler
Willy Lee writes: > I installed magicfilter, set up the BJC-600 driver, scratched my head for > awhile, then installed a2ps and enscript, but now when I send off my > newly PostScriptized files to be printed, I get ... silence. I had to edit /etc/magicfilter/bj600-filter and add this as the last l

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-01 Thread Willy Lee
"John" == John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Willy Lee writes: >> I installed magicfilter, set up the BJC-600 driver, scratched my >> head for awhile, then installed a2ps and enscript, but now when I >> send off my newly PostScriptized files to be printed, I get >> ... silence. > I had to

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-01 Thread John Hasler
Willy Lee writes: > There was already a line there appearing to do the same thing, but using > enscript instead of a2ps. Then you are using a newer version of magicfilter then I am. > lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. Looks like an unrelated problem. > I won

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-02 Thread loki
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 07:40:17AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > > lpr: connect: Connection refused jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > > Looks like an unrelated problem. I agree, and I've been having the same problems. Well technically a friend rather than me, but it's an odd problem. I eve

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-02 Thread Adam Scriven
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 07:40:17AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > Could someone who knows about printers help Willy? It isn't my area. I > just spoke up because I have a BJC-1000. I don't know printers, but I have a BJC-1000, and have had no problems with it at all. I installed the magic-filter fr

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-03 Thread loki
On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 01:16:51AM -0700, Willy Lee wrote: > There was already a line there appearing to do the same thing, but > using enscript instead of a2ps. > > Now the problem is worse: after fiddling with it a bit and restarting > lpd several times, I get this error: > > geldar:~# a2ps

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem

2000-10-03 Thread Willy Lee
"loki" == loki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Firstly, does printing of other formats (eg. Postscript) work? If > so, I guess it's just that particular magicfilter line. If you > can't print anything, check your /proc/parport/0/hardware to make > sure you have one. Hm, I don't have anything in

Re: Canon BJC-1000 problem - Finally Fixed! (inspired by Mike Soulier)

2000-10-10 Thread Willy Lee
"loki" == loki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I agree, and I've been having the same problems. Well technically a > friend rather than me, but it's an odd problem. I eventually > wondered if it was a BIOS problem, and found that the BIOS had the > parallel port set to an odd mode.. SPP or EPP is