Hmm...perhaps this is a better question: Where do you think it would be better to ask this question? A particular mailing list, or newsgroup? It seems that this is not as easy a problem as I first thought! :-) My setup is the default setup when first installing RH7.1, so so if there were a problem using USB with the default kernel or something, then I had hoped that the Seawolf list members might know of it.
Printconf-gui seems to be all set up properly; yet nothing prints--when I send a test page from printconf-gui to the printer, nothing happens. Just a confirmation "OK" button stating that the page was sent. No action at all from the printer... On Monday 12 November 2001 01:58 pm, _I_ wrote: > I am running RH7.1, and everything seems to be working > fine, except I cannot get my printer to work! It is an > Epson 777, and it is USB (it also has a parallel port, > but I don't want to use that because my ZIP drive is > parallel port, and I want to try and get that to work, > that's my NEXT post ;-) > > Anyway, all the documentation for Red Hat seems to want > folks to use the printconf-gui program, (it > auto-generates the printconf file each time it is run, so > they say). The printer came with a USB cable, but no > parallel cable. > > The motherboard is an ABIT; there is 256 MB of RAM, 2 > 6-gig hDD's, PII, the parallel ZIP drive, and there are 3 > PCI cards (video, audio and ethernet). > > I've read all kinds of documentation about printing; I > even have the "Running Linux" book. However, I don't > understand why it won't work? > > Local Printer EPSON777 /dev/lp0 Driver: Stylus Color > 777 (these are the values from the printconf-gui > program). > > I also have a second "printer" set up, using the same > driver, on /dev/usb/lp0 since I thought this would work. > > In printconf-gui, for a local printer you can only > specify /dev/lp0. I just realized that I don't know how > I got the program to recognize /dev/usb/lp0! > nevertheless, it does not work. It won't print a test > page, or anything. Also, none of the idea in the > "Running linux" book worked, either. > > Any ideas? TIA, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
