Epson 740
Hello, all,
I recently purchased a 740 for my home network. I have a Debian 2.1
server with magicfilter and gs-5.10 installed. I was unable to get the
printer to work with any of the normally available filters in magicfilter.
After scouring the 'net, I found Christian Meder's debian-epson740.tgz
file. I downloaded and unpacked it, read the README, and put all the files
in their recommended places. I ran magicfilterconfig --force to create
the four queues, then edited the printcap to exactly match the one
included.
Still, nothing happens at all when I try to use lpr to print any file. I
am able to do 'cat [textfile] > /dev/lp1' as root (I'm using 2.0.38
kernel) successfully, so the printer and parport are at least functioning.
My HP 660Cse works perfectly with the dj550c filter.
I am a fairly experienced Debian user, but unfortunately I have no hacking
skills. If I can get it working, I would be very willing to put together
a simple Epson740-mini-HOWTO and put it up on mattyt.net for us mere
mortals. :)
Any help you can give will be very much appreciated.
Cheers..................................
Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net
mattyt@oz.net http://www.oz.net/~mattyt
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