Re: epson stylus c80 under debian

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

<quote who="ben">
>
>
> are you using the browser interface to cups? i just installed an
> epson stylus  color 580 this morning using cups, and i'm pretty
> sure that i saw a listing  among the drivers for a c80. just point
> the browser at http://localhost:631/

yeah and theres no entry for the c80 on my system. i tried
both cups from woody and from cups.org. i did manage to find
a driver for it on linuxprinting.org but when i try to use
it all i get is a stack dump printed out -

Error object: (f80)op(393:.setdevice)0x8099960
Operand stack at 0x84bc940:
0x84d027c: 0x13 devc --Gwrx--- 0x0188 0x08529514
Execution stack at 0x84bc860:
0x84d1be4: 0x0f oper --F---e-- 0x0000 0x08083d8c = %interp_exit
0x84d1bec: 0x03 file --G-rxe-- 0x0001 0x084c7efc
0x84d1bf4: 0x0e null --F---e-- 0x0000 0x080855f8
0x84d1bfc: 0x0b int  --F------ 0x0184 0x00000001 = 1
0x84d1c04: 0x0b int  --F------ 0x0007 0x00000004 = 4
0x84d1c0c: 0x0f oper --F---e-- 0x0000 0x080855e4 = %oparray_pop
0x84d1c14: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0002 0x0851b1b0
0x84d1c1c: 0x05 mpry --G-rxe-- 0x0039 0x0851bb0e
Dictionary stack at 0x84bc8c0:
0x84d2414: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0xbfff 0x084c43ec
0x84d241c: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0xbfff 0x085279f8
0x84d2424: 0x02 dict --Lwrx--- 0xbfff 0x084cc2f8
0x84d242c: 0x02 dict --Gwrx--- 0xbfff 0x084c43ec

tried following the directions here:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/cups-doc.html


i can use the generic epson stylus color driver but it
gives no color support on my c80, and the printing quality
is really low(thick white lines printed in the cups test
page).

ive given up on freebsd for now, no matter what i do it
doesn't detect my parallel port.

was expecting this to be easy judging by the 'perfect'
rating on the printer :(

tried compiling gs from woody but that depends on
gimp stuff which depends on the newer gtk..which
sends me to dependency hell ..sigh.

i guess i could move the printer to the other room
and plug it into a woody box there but i don't want
to if i can avoid it.

kinda scary, me having used linux/unix for 7 years
and can't get one of the most compadible linux
printers to work ....

i miss my deskjet 500..that was a good printer..
shouldn't of gave it away..it worked well in
debian slink..

thanks

nate