Setting up a postscript printer
I have a Lexmark Optra E312 Postscript printer that I am trying,
unsuccessfully, to configure.
I decided to use CUPS as the LinuxPrinting-HOWTO mentions that to be
quite easy. So I apt-get installed cupsys, cupsys-bsd, cupsys-client,
qtcups and xpp, the last two packages being frontends.
I copied the Optra E312's PPD file to /usr/share/cups/models and was
able to successfully add the Optra E312 printer using their web
interface (running on localhost:631). And I was also able to print the
test page from web interface, and the test page came out fine.
But that is all I have been able to print. When I try using either of
the two frontend, qtcups or xpp, to print a file, I can see the Data LED
on the printer blink but nothing gets printed. The log file shows the
following:
(/var/log/cups/error_log)
I [10/Dec/2000:20:40:49 -0500] Job 15 queued on 'OptraE312' by 'ssahmed'.
I [10/Dec/2000:20:40:49 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops (PID 658) for job 15.
I [10/Dec/2000:20:40:49 -0500] Started filter /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstops (PID 659) for job 15.
I [10/Dec/2000:20:40:49 -0500] Started backend /usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel (PID 660) for job 15.
I have added myself to the lp group but I don't know if that makes a
difference or not. My printer is setup on the first parallel port:
(some output from dmesg)
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP]
parport0: irq 7 detected
parport0: cpp_daisy: aa5500ff(98)
parport0: assign_addrs: aa5500ff(98)
parport0: Printer, Lexmark International Lexmark Optra E312
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
I also tried using the CUPS-bsd command line utilities (lp, lpr) and
they produce the same effect as well: the Data LED blinks but nothing
gets printed at the printer.
Can someone explain what I am doing wrong, or what step I have missed
setting up CUPS ?
Alternatively, is there another way to setup this postscript printer ? I
have the printer's PPD file so I was assuming that this would have been
really easy.
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Salman Ahmed
ssahmed AT pathcom DOT com
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