printing

[steve thompson <skt@stat.psu.edu>]

I am trying to use an Epson Stylus 740 printer with Debian 2.2r2 on my
Viao F340.
So far I can print simple text files, using lpr, but can not print
postscript or dvi
files.  When I try to, for example using dvips with a latex dvi file or
lpr with a .ps
file, it starts running paper endlessly through the printer, sometimes
with a small
bit of printing at the top.

I've copied my /etc/printcap file below in case that helps.  I set it up
using
magic filter.  I did not see a driver for Epson 740 so I chose the Epson
800,
thinking that might be closest, and put in three different dpi
resolutions.  At the
lowest resolution (360), the dvips command prints a low-quality page,
but at
the higher resolutions it does the endless pages through as described
above.

Any suggestions or explanation would be appreciated.

Steve

#       @(#)etc.printcap        5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig.
#
lp|E360|Epson Stylus 740 360:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/E360:\
        :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
        :if=/etc/magicfilter/StylusColor-800@360dpi-filter:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
E720|Epson Stylus 740 720:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/E720:\
        :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
        :if=/etc/magicfilter/StylusColor-800@720dpi-filter:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
E1440|Epson Stylus Color 720 1440:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/E1440:\
        :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
        :if=/etc/magicfilter/StylusColor-800@1440dpi-filter:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
EG|Epson Stylus Color 720 generic:\
        :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/EG:\
        :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
        :if=/etc/magicfilter/StylusColor-generic-filter:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: