USB Printer setup
In message <[🔎] 20020122183042.30788.qmail@web13306.mail.yahoo.com>,
Jack Pistachio <jackpistachio@yahoo.com> writes
>I'm having some trouble setting up an Epson Stylus Color
>880 USB printer on my linux system. I've compiled a new
>2.4.17 kernel since the 'older' 2.2.x kernels do not have
>much in the way of USB support without a patch (or so I've
>heard). Seems to be working fine and my OHCI USB port can
>detect and talk primitively with the printer (i.e. it shows
>up in /proc/bus/usb/devices).
>However I can't print. Tried using LPD and LPRng with
>magicfilter and apsfilter but I'm not sure which filter
>specifically is best with the printer. I doubt that is even
>the problem since I can only get anything printed by using
>'cat file.txt > /dev/lp0' when the printer is on the
>parallel port instead of the USB. I tried a similiar
>command with the USB and I get nothing. Has anybody
>installed an Epson USB printer that can give me some
>suggestions or pointers on what they had to do? Thanks.
>
Hi Jack,
I had similar problems. I now use 2.4.17 with the USB bits compiled as
modules.
I have also changed to using CUPS from Woody. Although it is not a
dependency I found that usbutils helped as well.
CUPS and the latest gs seems to send the correct string that wakes up the 880
on the USB port.
If I can help further give me a shout.
Roland
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