Setting up Printer for Star Office 5.2
Hi SuSErs ~ maybe someone know about this :) when I try to print anything with Star Office, miles of print start:- %!PS-Adobe3.0 EPSF-3.0 . . . creator GNU Ghostscript this output seems endless, &, I can NOT print my letter :( How, please, can I trouble shoot this ? ( my printer is Epson Stylus Color 200 ink-jet.} All was working fine on this same 'puter, under SuSE 6.2 with apsfilter, and. StarOffice 5.1 ~ probs started with upgrade to SuSE 8.0 with StarOffice 5.2 ~ maybe, Yast2 is too modern for my old printer :( many thanks. best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________
On Sunday, 09 June 2002 17:34, tabanna wrote:
this output seems endless, &, I can NOT print my letter :( ( my printer is Epson Stylus Color 200 ink-jet.}
Tabanna, I use SO-5.2 extensively, and one of my two printers is an Epson Stylus Color 200, so we are on the same wavelength (I started with S-6.4 and am now with S-7.3). First, a question: does the printer work well with other applications? If not, you have to go to Yast2, Printers, and resolve the case there. If yes, the problem is only with S.O.? If you're like me, when the S.O. comes up, you have a desktop with New Text Document, Events, Printer Setup... Click on Printer Setup. A window opens up. If in Installed printers the Epson is not listed, clik on Connect. Now, Existing queues should be listing the Epson. If not, you have to have the issue cleared with YasT2. If it is listed, click on it and click on OK. Now, Installed printers should be listing the Epson, and you're ready to go. To make sure, click on Test Page... If everything is right, click on Close. HTH, good luck. Regards , gr, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's Suncoast.
On Monday 10 June 2002 02:13 am, gilson redrick wrote:
this output seems endless, &, I can NOT print my letter :( ( my printer is Epson Stylus Color 200 ink-jet.}
you're ready to go. To make sure, click on Test Page... If everything is right, click on Close.
Gee, thanks, Gilson for the hints. In Yast2 when i try 'Test' , my printer spews out reams of Print-Driver Info. Then, when I try StarOffice "Test Page" my printer again prints miles of driver-info { but, NOT the SO test-page } DOES this printing, only of Driver Info., mean that the Yast2 set-up i selected, is wrong ? ~ what should the Yast2 "test" pages look like ? Thanks a ton :) best wishes Richard ____________ sent on Linux ____________
On Monday, 10 June 2002 08:01, tabanna wrote:
In Yast2 when i try 'Test' , my printer spews out reams of Print-Driver Info. Then, when I try StarOffice "Test Page" my printer again prints miles of driver-info { but, NOT the SO test-page } what should the Yast2 "test" pages look like ?
Tabanna, 1. In YaST2 modules, Hardware, Edit Printers, Printer administration, highlight Epson and click Edit. Click Model. What model have you chosen? On my version, the ColorStylus list starts with "300". Since my printer is "200", I chose "300", and it works fine... Now, click Settings There are two panels: Current settings and Details. In the upper panel, click Drivers. Now, you can choose one of the drivers listed in the lower panel. In my setup, there are two drivers: monochrome (black only) and color. Highlight the one you want. Back to the upper panel, highlight paper size. You probably want size A4, which comes up as default. There are four buttons at the bottom; press Test. You should get the green Konqui above the word SuSE, then color and grey scale tests, all in a rectangular black frame. If you don't get that, you have to go dig into the software chest because you have driver problems. Once the test is good, make sure you keep clicking Next until you click Finish, to make the settings stick. 2. No sense in trying to get S.O. test if you don't get the YaST2 test right. The S.O. prints a quite fanciful design, roughly a spiral of varying colors. HTH -- Regards, gr, in /usually/ sunny, balmy Florida's Suncoast.
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