Re: Epson Stylus C82 "Printer not connected", nothing prints

[tjm3 <tmollica@silcom.com>]

Ruchira Datta wrote:
> I have a Debian Gnu/Linux 3.0 box, dual boot with Windows 2000, on which
> I'm running Cups v. 1.1.15 with gimp-print v. 4.2.5.  When I add my
> Epson Stylus C82, it claims to have added it successfully.  The
> connection was through "Parallel Port #1 (Epson Stylus C82)", since when
> I booted the parport module had detected my printer:
> dmesg said
>
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> parport0: irq 7 detected
> parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C82
> lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> lp0: console ready
>
> If I say ls -l /dev/lp0 I get
>
> crw-rw-rw-    1 root     lp         6,   0 Mar 14  2002 /dev/lp0
>
> The CUPS admin claims the Printer State is
>
>  Printer State: processing, accepting jobs.
>
> and the printer is connected through
>
>  Device URI: parallel:/dev/unknown-parallel0
>
> But whenever I try to print a test page, first it says
>
> "Printing page 0, 7%"
>
> then eventually it says
>
> "Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."
>
> This never changes and nothing ever gets printed.  Furthermore, nothing
> happens if I say
>
> echo "stuff" > /dev/lp0
>
> although I don't know if I should expect it to.  I know it is not the
> case that the printer actually is not connected, since whenever I reboot
> to Windows I can print everything just fine.
>
> ADVthanksANCE,
>
> Ruchira Datta
> datta at math dot berkeley dot edu

I have one of these C82's running successfully on Debian 3.0.  I
am using the USB port and the drivers from Epson, found here:

http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/pips_e.html

There is a driver here for CUPS and one for LPR.  My setup
uses the LPR driver.



tony