Help with new printer
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE. It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2. I've read the Administration Guide materials but it's not clear to me what to do and a Google search hasn't helped me any either. Sure would appreciate any and all advice on how to get the beauty running under SuSE. ;-( TIA, dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
I've read the Administration Guide materials but it's not clear to me what to do and a Google search hasn't helped me any either. Sure would appreciate any and all advice on how to get the beauty running under SuSE. ;-(
Does that printer emulate some other model?
On Saturday 01 January 2005 07:01 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
My only experience here is with jet direct type printers, but worth a try. yast > undetected configure > print directly to network printer > direct tcp printing > Let it try to look up a host name. If it doesn't find it, try putting it's ip address > port 9100 > Name it (fields here are whatever you want) and I do local filtering > Select manufacturer and model (hopefully it will be there.... if not someone else will have to help with that) >configure printer settings (I have test printer fail here but the printer still work from apps) > OK With luck, that will do it! Then again, yours may set up entirely different. Have fun! Doug
On Saturday 01 January 2005 7:01 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
I've read the Administration Guide materials but it's not clear to me what to do and a Google search hasn't helped me any either. Sure would appreciate any and all advice on how to get the beauty running under SuSE. ;-(
TIA,
dave
http://linuxprinting.org doesn't list that Panasonic KX-CL500. You may need to do some deep googling to find out enough information on this printer to determine if there are Linux drivers for it. Any older models in this line have Linux support? Is it really a re-branded Epson and would the Epson drivers work? Does this printer have a web interface you can surf to? Does it have its own web server so you can configure it? Stan
On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 12:01, David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
You should be able to use YAST to setup the printer. This is a rough guess for the settings you need. YAST ---> hardware --> Printer Select Other(not Detected) and press Configure Select --> Print Directly to a Network Printer Select --> Direct TCP Port Printing Now try using the "Lookup" and select "lookup all hosts" and see if your printer is selected otherwise enter directly the IP number of your printer in "Host name of the print server" and see if that works. The only thing that may be a problem is the default IP number of the Printer may not be compatible with your network. In the documents you should find something on changing the IP address of the printer. Try pinging the printer first and see if you get a responce. That will tell you that the printer can be contacted or not. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
On Sunday 02 January 2005 01:08 am, Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Saturday 01 January 2005 7:01 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
I've read the Administration Guide materials but it's not clear to me what to do and a Google search hasn't helped me any either. Sure would appreciate any and all advice on how to get the beauty running under SuSE. ;-(
TIA,
dave
http://linuxprinting.org doesn't list that Panasonic KX-CL500. You may need to do some deep googling to find out enough information on this printer to determine if there are Linux drivers for it. Any older models in this line have Linux support? Is it really a re-branded Epson and would the Epson drivers work?
Does this printer have a web interface you can surf to? Does it have its own web server so you can configure it?
Stan ===========
David, I didn't find any printer drivers for Linux on Panasonic's site, but did learn it supports PCL5c language. This should be a standard HP based printer language, so I'm guessing any HP driver that supports the PCL5c should work with the Panasonic, if it's not listed in your CUPS drivers directly. You may need to experiment a bit to find your best driver, but I'm betting you'll find an HP printer driver that works well, if there are no Panasonic ones available. Here's the site I gathered some of my info from: http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=66782&catGroupId=13851&displayTab=O&surfModel=KX-CL500&surfCategory=Color%20Laser%20Printers All one line, if your mailer line wraps it. regards, Lee -- --- KMail v1.7.2 --- SuSE Linux Pro v9.2 --- Registered Linux User #225206 "Don't let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game!"
Doug B wrote:
My only experience here is with jet direct type printers, but worth a try.
yast > undetected configure > print directly to network printer > direct tcp printing > Let it try to look up a host name. If it doesn't find it, try putting it's ip address > port 9100 > Name it (fields here are whatever you want) and I do local filtering > Select manufacturer and model (hopefully it will be there.... if not someone else will have to help with that) >configure printer settings (I have test printer fail here but the printer still work from apps) > OK
With luck, that will do it! Then again, yours may set up entirely different.
Have fun! Doug
Doug & Graham - Thanks for the suggestion(s). It's at the point where you mention typing in the printers address that I have the problem. I'm currently using DHCP so there is no permanent address at the moment, if I understand this stuff correctly, and I very well may not. Here is the output from ifconfig:
linux:~ # ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:5A:6F:D3:61 inet addr:192.168.0.11 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::204:5aff:fe6f:d361/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:66 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:49 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:8594 (8.3 Kb) TX bytes:5117 (4.9 Kb) Interrupt:9 Base address:0x8800
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:538 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:538 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:130521 (127.4 Kb) TX bytes:130521 (127.4 Kb)
This may provide some clues for those who are fluent with networking, but it hasn't helped me any. Perhaps the necessary clue is there. Lee suggested this:
did learn it supports PCL5c language. This should be a standard HP based printer language, so I'm guessing any HP driver that supports the PCL5c should work with the Panasonic
so this provides one more approach. More work to do on my end, but any further advice greatly appreciated. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
On Monday 03 January 2005 05:59 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Doug B wrote:
My only experience here is with jet direct type printers, but worth a try.
yast > undetected configure > print directly to network printer > direct tcp printing > Let it try to look up a host name. If it doesn't find it, try putting it's ip address > port 9100 > Name it (fields here are whatever you want) and I do local filtering > Select manufacturer and model (hopefully it will be there.... if not someone else will have to help with that) >configure printer settings (I have test printer fail here but the printer still work from apps) > OK
With luck, that will do it! Then again, yours may set up entirely different.
Have fun! Doug
Doug & Graham -
Thanks for the suggestion(s). It's at the point where you mention typing in the printers address that I have the problem. I'm currently using DHCP so there is no permanent address at the moment, if I understand this stuff correctly, and I very well may not.
It is the printers ip address you want. Did you try letting yast "lookup" the printer? In your original post, you said it had it's own ip address. As someone else mentioned, you may need to change the printers ip if that ip isn't in your network. For instance, if your ip is 192.168.1.15 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0, the printer will need in address 192.168.1.xxx (where xxx is from 1 and 254). Doug
Doug B wrote:
On Monday 03 January 2005 05:59 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Doug B wrote:
My only experience here is with jet direct type printers, but worth a try.
yast > undetected configure > print directly to network printer > direct tcp printing > Let it try to look up a host name. If it doesn't find it, try putting it's ip address > port 9100 > Name it (fields here are whatever you want) and I do local filtering > Select manufacturer and model (hopefully it will be there.... if not someone else will have to help with that) >configure printer settings (I have test printer fail here but the printer still work from apps) > OK
With luck, that will do it! Then again, yours may set up entirely different.
Have fun! Doug
Doug & Graham -
Thanks for the suggestion(s). It's at the point where you mention typing in the printers address that I have the problem. I'm currently using DHCP so there is no permanent address at the moment, if I understand this stuff correctly, and I very well may not.
It is the printers ip address you want. Did you try letting yast "lookup" the printer?
In your original post, you said it had it's own ip address. As someone else mentioned, you may need to change the printers ip if that ip isn't in your network. For instance, if your ip is 192.168.1.15 with a subnet of 255.255.255.0, the printer will need in address 192.168.1.xxx (where xxx is from 1 and 254).
Doug
Well, it's truly amazing what you can find once you get to the correct buried .pdf file and peruse through all 300+ pages of it. Buried in the middle is a discussion of HOW to assign an ip address to the printer, (I chose 192.168.0.6) which, when done, allows for communication with the printer. So now SuSE 9.2 can communicate with the printer and when asking for a text only output prints out a single sheet which reads: "This is the YaST2 ASCI test page Das ist die YaST2 ASCII Testseite Toto je ascii" across the page. However, trying to print out either graphic page, with or without photo, gives "%!" on the first line, "% license and copyright: SUSE Linux AG - YaST License" on the second line, and "% author: Johannes Meixne" on the third line, sans quotes of course. Then that page is followed by page after page of blank paper. Much progress in that we can now communicate and print text, but not sure as to the next step in getting the graphical stuff to print. Again, any suggestions greatly appreciated. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:44, David Johanson wrote:
Well, it's truly amazing what you can find once you get to the correct buried .pdf file and peruse through all 300+ pages of it. Buried in the middle is a discussion of HOW to assign an ip address to the printer, (I chose 192.168.0.6) which, when done, allows for communication with the printer.
So now SuSE 9.2 can communicate with the printer and when asking for a text only output prints out a single sheet which reads: "This is the YaST2 ASCI test page Das ist die YaST2 ASCII Testseite Toto je ascii" across the page. However, trying to print out either graphic page, with or without photo, gives "%!" on the first line, "% license and copyright: SUSE Linux AG - YaST License" on the second line, and "% author: Johannes Meixne" on the third line, sans quotes of course. Then that page is followed by page after page of blank paper.
Much progress in that we can now communicate and print text, but not sure as to the next step in getting the graphical stuff to print. Again, any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Looks like your ppd driver is wrong. Someone mentioned the printer supports the PCL5c Language. I suggest you try setting the printer model to HP4 and trying the different drivers. Also you may have to dive into that 300+ page pdf file and see if there is anything about switching/changing to PCL5c or HP emulation mode. They might give you information on the model of the printer it emulates. If that is the case use that model when configuring your printer with Yast. -- Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------------------------------
Graham Smith wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 13:44, David Johanson wrote:
Well, it's truly amazing what you can find once you get to the correct buried .pdf file and peruse through all 300+ pages of it. Buried in the middle is a discussion of HOW to assign an ip address to the printer, (I chose 192.168.0.6) which, when done, allows for communication with the printer.
So now SuSE 9.2 can communicate with the printer and when asking for a text only output prints out a single sheet which reads: "This is the YaST2 ASCI test page Das ist die YaST2 ASCII Testseite Toto je ascii" across the page. However, trying to print out either graphic page, with or without photo, gives "%!" on the first line, "% license and copyright: SUSE Linux AG - YaST License" on the second line, and "% author: Johannes Meixne" on the third line, sans quotes of course. Then that page is followed by page after page of blank paper.
Much progress in that we can now communicate and print text, but not sure as to the next step in getting the graphical stuff to print. Again, any suggestions greatly appreciated.
Looks like your ppd driver is wrong. Someone mentioned the printer supports the PCL5c Language. I suggest you try setting the printer model to HP4 and trying the different drivers.
Playing around tonight showed mt that the printer is setup as "local raw printer" and running under cups. Not quite sure how to change this raw aspect without the proper driver set. I haven't yet tried changing the model to something from H-P but I'll play with that after chow.
Also you may have to dive into that 300+ page pdf file and see if there is anything about switching/changing to PCL5c or HP emulation mode. They might give you information on the model of the printer it emulates. If that is the case use that model when configuring your printer with Yast.
I have spent some time with that 300 page tome as well as the 163 page one devoted to printing; 133 pages for windows/mac and 7 for unix. However, it specifically discusses only solaris 2.6, 2.3x-2.5x, HP-UX 9.x and 10.x, AIX 4.x.x, and BSD Unix. I need to see what I can get from those few pages but it's mainly text file stuff and for that I need to do a bit more study. More later after playing some with what I currently have available, sparse as it is. Thanks for the suggestions. dave
-- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
BandiPat wrote:
On Sunday 02 January 2005 01:08 am, Stan Glasoe wrote:
On Saturday 01 January 2005 7:01 pm, David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
I've read the Administration Guide materials but it's not clear to me what to do and a Google search hasn't helped me any either. Sure would appreciate any and all advice on how to get the beauty running under SuSE. ;-(
TIA,
dave
http://linuxprinting.org doesn't list that Panasonic KX-CL500. You may need to do some deep googling to find out enough information on this printer to determine if there are Linux drivers for it. Any older models in this line have Linux support? Is it really a re-branded Epson and would the Epson drivers work?
Does this printer have a web interface you can surf to? Does it have its own web server so you can configure it?
Stan
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David, I didn't find any printer drivers for Linux on Panasonic's site, but did learn it supports PCL5c language. This should be a standard HP based printer language, so I'm guessing any HP driver that supports the PCL5c should work with the Panasonic, if it's not listed in your CUPS drivers directly. You may need to experiment a bit to find your best driver, but I'm betting you'll find an HP printer driver that works well, if there are no Panasonic ones available.
Here's the site I gathered some of my info from: http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ModelDetail?storeId=11201&catalogId=13051&itemId=66782&catGroupId=13851&displayTab=O&surfModel=KX-CL500&surfCategory=Color%20Laser%20Printers
All one line, if your mailer line wraps it.
regards, Lee
Thanks Lee - I've visited Panasonic's site including your provided link (appreciated) but have yet to find anything that says use for something other than windows or mac OSs. I've now got the manuals open to try and glean what I can from the 7 pages devoted to UNIX. More later after I've "played" around a bit with what I have. dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
David Johanson wrote:
Lucky me, I got a new color laser (Panasonic KX-CL500) for Christmas, but it only ships with drivers for you know what OS. So I am requesting some advice on how to set it up under Linux, in particular the 9.x (0,1,and 2) of SuSE.
It's connected directly to my router and has it's own address, but I'm totally at a loss as to which options I use to set it up using YaST2.
I've read the Administration Guide materials but it's not clear to me what to do and a Google search hasn't helped me any either. Sure would appreciate any and all advice on how to get the beauty running under SuSE. ;-(
TIA,
dave
Well, nothing in the manuals was of value, the 7 pages of linux stuff ALL relating to printing via lp or lpd and NOTHING to do with cups which is what I want(ed). Soooo, I turned to an old favorite, TurboPrint, to see if it would support the KX-CL500 but not a single Panasonic printer was supported. But, I did find that there were 3 HP color lasers supported, so I tried the driver for the HP_ColorLaserJet4500. BINGO, perfect color. In fact, the colors laid down on plain old recycled general everyday copier paper are amazing. I can't wait to see what I'll get with photo quality paper. All features of the printer appear to be supported well! One more time TurboPrint to the rescue!!! Thanks everyone for all the suggestions!! dave -- David C. Johanson Linux Counter # 116410 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to think at all. -- Goethe
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