Re: Printer not printing

["Keith G. Murphy" <keithmur@mindspring.com>]

Brian S Enyart wrote:
> 
> I've got an Epson 740 I've set up with magicfilter.
> 
> When I attempt to print a file (user or root), the job queues up
> normally, then disappears as if it had been printed, but it hasn't been!
> I get no error messages, and if I ask lpr to send email on completion,
> I get an email indication successful completion.  I also get no in any
> of the log files.
> 
> When I first try to print, several modules get loaded:
> parport, lp, parport_pc, and parport-probe
> 
> My /etc/printcap (without comments):
> 
> |lpep740|Epson 740|lp:\
>         :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ep740:\
>         :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
>         :if=/etc/magicfilter/StylusColor-740@360dpi-filter:\
>         :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> 
Where did you get the StylusColor-740 magicfilter from?  I haven't seen
that in the Debian distribution.  What driver does it end up using? 
I've never gotten stcolor to work with my 740, but stp does.

You might want to check out www.linuxprinting.org for further info.

Also, are you dual-booting?  I've found that Win95 bollixes up the
printer, such that nothing but a hard reset (unplug/plug in) can get it
working under Linux again.