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ckwall
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 Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 6:37 am Post subject: Help with Epson Stylus color 777 |
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I have just installed Gentoo, and have tried to get my printer working (Epson Stylus Color 777) I have tried both PDQ and CUPS. I dont need the full funtionality of cups, and would just assume use PDQ.
I did the following steps:
# emerge net-print/pdq
# xpdq
I did each of the steps in the wizard. But I get no response to printing. The print dialogue box that comes up when I hit print does not have my printer listed in it. Did I miss something? |
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gsfgf
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| Posted: Sat Jun 08, 2002 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you have a filter installed that converts the postscript docs to the printer's language? You need a filter unless you printre is postscript or RAW. I use turboprint( www.turboprint.de ). Its an easy to use commercial filter with support for huge number of printers. It has a free (300dpi) mode. I use it with my Canon S300. If this doesn't work i can post detailed instructions for CUPS,. I don't use pdq |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 6:21 am Post subject: Please post detailed istructions to cups |
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| Please post detailed istructions to cups for Gentoo. we just decided to use this option for our printers at the office. We have them on windows nt servers. |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Sun Jun 09, 2002 6:30 pm Post subject: Using Turbo Print |
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OK, I downloaded the TurboPrint that you sugested. I ran set up for both cups and lrp(ng). I am still not printing. I know that there is something that I have missed in set up. When I am prompted to print a test page, my Konsole gives me the message:
lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
lpadmin: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
lp: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable
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lpr: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable
lpr: unable to print file: server-error-service-unavailable
Xlib: extension "GLX" missing on display ":0.0".
Can you plese help?
In set up I have selected to use both lp0 and lp1. both give me the same results. |
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gsfgf
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ckwall
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 2:49 pm Post subject: Havent tried yet, but recieved this advice from other post |
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Just in case anyone is reading through here looking for help:
I have not yet tried this. I do not have access to my kernel at this computer.
I seem to remember that I did not have this included in my kernel:
"Make sure "Parallel printer support" (under Character Devices) is on."
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=4359&highlight=epson+stulus+color+colour |
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FINITE
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| Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2002 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I think you have to enable paralell port support first and then under character devices you should have the option printer support. |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 6:12 pm Post subject: |
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| I did not have that enable in my kernel, but it did not seem to make a difference. It is looking for /dev/lp0, which does not exist. |
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| Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2002 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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k, this should help you to get it working
first recheck your kernel, because there's the main problem
open your kernel configuration
enter section "Parallel Port Support"
enable Parallel port support
enable PC-style hardware
enable IEEE 1284 transfer modes
afterwards enter section "Character devices"
enable "Parallel printer support"
recompile your kernel & reboot (with the new compiled kernel  )
then do a "dmesg | grep parport"
this should output something  Here's an example of what it should display
| Code: | parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,EPP]
parport0: Printer, Brother HL-1050 series
parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378
lp0: using parport0 (polling). |
if your printer is attached & is turned on, it should display Epson Stylus Color 777 somewhere along the way
Hope you get that figured out ...
Then the actual installation of you printer should go quite easy
your printer needs the ijs interface support of ghostscript ...
run a "gs -h" on your system, it should display all the devices gs knows, and the list should contain ijs ...
if this is not the case recompile ghostscript with --with-ijs option turned on (I think if you emerge ghostscript with the portage system, it's included, but check it anyway, to make sure)
then you should download the right ppd file for your printer (this will be used with cups)
I believe this is the right link http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=gimp-print-ijs&printer=464242&.submit=Generate+PPD+file
save it to a file called Epson-Stylus_Color_777-gimp-print-ijs-ppd.ppd .
put it in /usr/share/cups/model
enter /etc/init.d
type "./cupsd restart"
then you should open a browser, and connect to your cups daemon, or use kde control center (I used it)
Install a new printer, using the driver you've just installed (this should be trivial)
print a test page ...
That's all ...
Grtz |
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ckwall
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| Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2002 2:58 am Post subject: |
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| that all worked. Thank you very much. |
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