Re: Epson 740
Well, I had heard that printtool was an easy program to use to set up my
printer, so I upgraded to 2.2 in order to install printtool. What I
didn't know was that printtool is a graphical program, and I don't run any
XFree on my server, I don't even have a monitor or keyboard hooked up,
just ssh access.
After I upgraded, I ran apsfilterconfig again. I chose the stcolor driver
and the test page printed out beautifully. I was excited, thinking I had
figured it out, but when I attempt to print a text file, the printer feeds
the paper in, prints a little, then hangs with the paper halfway in.
After a bit I push the paper feed button, and the printer has printed
'unknown device: escp2'.
Should I be using the lpr command or something else? What else can I
check? I'm pulling my hair out, here, guys.
TIA... :)
> It sounds to me that you didnt restart lprng after you configured your
> printer. I'm using lprng, and apsfilter and my setup looks very similar
> to yours. Check the paths for all the print filters, but what you
> have looks very similar to what I'm currently using.
>
>
>
> On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 12:12:48PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote:
> > Ment (may I call you Ment? ;),
> >
> > Thanks for your reply. :) Sometimes I feel pretty thick, since I've been
> > using Debian for about 3 years and still stumble over stuff like this.
> > *sigh* Anywayssss, you willing to spoon-feed me a bit, here?
> >
> > I already had gsfonts installed, so I installed apsfilter using dselect.
> > It ran me through the config, and I chose the following printer:
> >
> > escp2: Epson ESC/P 2 language printers, including Stylus 800
> >
> > I set the other values it asked for, and it finished, saying cheerfully
> > 'we made it!'. ;)
> >
> > I then attempted to print a text file with:
> >
> > # lpr <file>
> >
> > and got this output:
> >
> > no printcap for printer 'ascii'
> > job 'cfA758doma.mattyt.net' transfer to ascii@localhost failed
> >
> > :sh:
>
> <snip>
>
> >
> > I'm afraid I don't know where to go from here. BTW, I'm using lprng
> > instead of lpr on a friend's suggestion (rcw@debian.org), if that makes
> > any difference.
> >
> > Hope I'm not too big a PITA. :)
> >
> > Cheers.......................
> >
> > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Mental wrote:
>
Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net
mattyt@oz.net http://www.oz.net/~mattyt
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