Re: Epson 740
Thanks again for the reply. :)
I tried the command you suggested for a text file and for a .ps file:
# lpr -Plp4 test.ps
# lpr -Pascii <file.txt)
...and both times got the same error message printed on the page: Unknown
device: escp2 , then the page hangs and I have to press the sheet feed
button.
I had to revert back to 2.1 (from a tarball backup) so I'm currently
running apsfilter v4.9.7-5 and gs-aladdin v5.50-3. You can find my
current printcap here:
ftp://mattyt.net/pub/printcap
Thanks for your help and patience... :)
-Cheers
> If you used apsfilter, your printcap probably has several printers
> defined. To print to the ascii printer, I use the command
> lpr -Pascii file.txt
>
> For postscript files, I use one of the other printers. For printing from
> windows to the printserver I use the raw printer shared via samba.
>
> You should probably read over the printing howto. There's some good
> info there. Then check out the man page for lpr and related utilitys.
>
> Hope that helps some.
>
> On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 01:42:37PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote:
> > 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
> > --Someday, I'll have a web page.--
> >
>
>
> --
> Mental
>
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> --Ken Thompson (author of unix)
>
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