hi ya roberto
on your print server...
d/l and install magicfilter to make life 10x easier
vi /etc/printcap
#
# http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Downloads/LPR/printcap
#
lp|Epson800:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
:pw:132:\
:fq:\
:sh:mx#0:\
:if=/usr/local/sbin/printers/stc800:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp-log:
--
-- you might wanna look for say stc400 instead
-- in that magicfilter directory
--
restart lpd ...
lpr /etc/printcap
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for your other PCs... those would look at your printserver as
a network printer
for your other linux boxes ... printing to the linux box w/
the epson physcially connected to it
vi /etc/printcap
#
# ip# of the print server
#
lp|Epson800:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:rm=w.x.y.z:
resstart lpd ...
post any error messages
and to make things fun...
- print an asci file first
- print a very very small postscript file
- print the tiger
- print from netscape
- print pages side-by-side
c ya
alvin
OK. I know it's been a few days, but here is where I am. I managed to get the printer installed using the Epson Stylus Color 800 ECS / P2 (or whatever it is) driver under lprngtool. Unfortunately, when I installed using magicfilter, lprngtool was not able to read the /etc/printcap. I can print an ASCII test page and also the PS test page (but only in B&W at low res 360x360). I am not sure what else I can do. I was not able to get it working under OpenOffice (on the local machine) and have not yet tried over the network. I would like to see if I can get this working in color at the higher resolution of 720x720. I checked out the lprng HOWTO but it was not very helpful (and a little too much technical crap, about 350 pages in all, for me to wade through at the moment).
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