Re: Trying to set up Epson Printer
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On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Jason Martin wrote:
> I am trying to set up an Epson Stylus Color 600 printer on a slink machine
> with 2.2.10 (right now). I've tried all combinations of lpr, lprng,
> apsfilter, and magicfilter, and none seem to work. Has anyone successfully
> done this? If so, how is it done?
I've had an Epson Stylus Color 600 working with kernel 2.2.10 (now it's
using 2.2.12).
i use lprng and magicfilter. However, at one point i had to write my own
magicfilters because the supplied ones don't work too well.
First, make sure printer support is compiled into your kernel, or compiled
as modules. You'll need "Parallel port support" [CONFIG_PARPORT],
"PC-style hardware" [CONFIG_PARPORT_PC], and "Parallel printer support"
[CONFIG_PRINTER]. You can check the configuration (which should be in
/boot/config-2.2.10 if you installed a kernel-image deb) to see if the
variables in brackets are set. If they aren't, you'll need to recompile
the kernel.
Next, set up the new filters. First, cd to /etc/magicfilter. Copy
stylus_color_360dpi-filter to stylus_color600_360dpi-filter, and
stylus_color_720dpi-filter to stylus_color600_720dpi-filter. In
stylus_color600_360dpi-filter, change '@stc2.upp' to '@stc600pl.upp' in
the three places it occurs. In stylus_color600_720dpi-filter, change
'@stc800p.upp' to '@stc600p.upp' in the three places.
Run magicfilterconfig. Your printer is probably on /dev/lp0. I named my
spool directories 'esc600-360' and 'esc600-720', but you can use any names
you want. I used the obvious filters with those.
After this, your printing should work. Check the mailing list archived for
posts regarding Epson Stylus Color printers for more information.
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