Lloyd Becker wrote:

I know this is the wrong list for printer problems so if someone could point me in the right list, I would appreciate it.

I have been trying to get my Epson C82 printer to work on SuSE 7.2 on a paralell port. The YaST2 does not have a stylus C82 listed. I know it is the same as the stylus C80 but there is no C80 either.

Any help, thanks,

You should can use the gimp-print drivers. The last one I installed was 4.2.5 (see the log below), which has support for the C82: I checked src/main/print-escp2-data.c.

You'll probably find it easier to use CUPS for printing.

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21/05/2003 Installed gimp-print-4.2.5: As nonroot user do the following. Download gimp-print-4.2.5.tar.gz from http://gimp-print.sf.net/ to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES New versions of gimp-print come out every few weeks. The latest stable version will be 4.x.y where x is an even number (currently 2). Don't choose an odd x like 4.3.7 unless you are interested in testing new code. There are often preversions. Currently gimp-print 4.2.6-pre2 is the latest. This should work but still needs some minor testing: 4.2.5 is probably safer. Start Konsole or xterm or similar. # cd /usr/src/packages/SOURCES # tar zxvf gimp-print-4.2.5.tar.gz # cd gimp-print-4.2.5 Now check for any unusual instructions. # less README You may also wish to check the source code for support for your printer. To check for Epson C82 support for example: # less src/main/print-escp2-data.c /C82[return] This should list the code used by the printer. Quit less with q (At this stage I alwys modify src/main/print-util.c and change the Epson 4x6 photo paper size to 324 by 468 - I think it prints better that way.) Create the Makefile. I use "prefix=/usr" to make sure the SuSE library gets replaced: I don't need two different versions of the same code. I also use "with-cups" to make sure the CUPS drivers also get updated. # ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-cups If this fails - look for ***s in the output - check the fail message. Usually you can just install what's needed from the SuSE disks and repeat the ./configure instruction. The following is a list of SuSE 8.0 packages that should cover everything you might need/want.