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ice_cool n00b
Joined: 13 Aug 2002 Posts: 42
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 11:19 am Post subject: Epson C42UX |
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I'm trying to install my Epson C42UX printer.
I am working by the Gentoo printer tutorial but I don't have /var/log/messages or /dev/usb/lp0
Do I have to creat them and if so how?
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zhenlin Veteran
Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 1361
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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If you don't have /var/log/message you have a big problem.
If you don't have /dev/usb/lp0 check your printer's connections and whether or not the kernel has USB printer support. |
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Tiber n00b
Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 49 Location: Philadelphia, PA
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Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2002 3:10 pm Post subject: |
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I tried reading the gentoo printer tutorial, but I am not a fan of CUPS.
May I suggest you try apsfilter?
emerge apsfilter
it will ask you a bunch of install questions and then print a test page. It works quite well for 90% of what you need a printer for in Linux. Being a name brand printer, you stand a very good chance of have apsfilter work for you.
http://www.apsfilter.org/
Since apsfilter uses ghostscript, you can check the list of printers probably supported at http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/. However, the site is down (at least here from the data-mines at work). _________________ --Josh
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noff Guru
Joined: 11 Nov 2002 Posts: 388 Location: College Park, Maryland
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 1:12 am Post subject: |
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I have a C40UX and the printer guide worked well for me. Make sure you have all the various USB modules that you need compiled and loaded. Also if you are running KDE make sure you have cups as a use variable. The USB modules are probably the problem.
I like cups. I haven't really had any problems with it. _________________ What Larry was saying is that if you make it too easy for programmers, then poor programmers will be able to do things best left to good programmers, and will inevitably do them poorly. Everyone will suffer in the long term as a result." - Tom Chance |
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pjp Administrator
Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20054
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Posted: Wed Jan 01, 2003 4:21 am Post subject: |
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Moved from Desktop Environments. _________________ Quis separabit? Quo animo? |
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