IT WORKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much all of you who took the time to help we out with this. I'm very grateful. Lot's of changes where made along the thread that were necessary and this from Jim Bruer for my specific printer made it happen. Thank you all, Linux rules !!!!!!! David --- jim bruer <jim@bruer.org> wrote:
David wrote:
--- Graham Smith <gqs@zip.com.au> wrote:
Good we know it is connected to /dev/lp0
and that the port is not functioning properly for some reason.
What printer are you using?
Epson Stylus Color 740. I'm using the model 500 config suggested by SuSE Support site. Works perfectly in win98. Most apps act just like they are printing normally and terminate the print stuff as if it printed normally. Apps that use lpq set the file in lp and lpq says "lp is ready and printing" for a reasonable time and then the file is dropped and "lp ready" returns. No idea of implications of this.
Have you checked to see if you can print from MS-Dos or Windows on this machine to the printer. I suppect that you have a hardware problem. Have you checked the cable?
What is this "cat" by the way?
man cat
NAME cat - concatenate files and print on
now the
standard output
SYNOPSIS cat [OPTION] [FILE]...
DESCRIPTION Concatenate FILE(s), or standard input, to standard output.
Or put simply it prints a file to the screen unless redirected. Similiar to the 'type' command under DOS.
Regards
Graham Smith ____________________________________
EPSON 740 CONFIG--should work with minor variation in Suse 6.3 I posted the following on dejanews several months ago. Once you get the hardware kinks worked out it should help you get the most out of your Epson 740.
For SuSE 6.1 users, the following worked for my Epson 740
LOOK AT the SuSE Support Database: http://www.suse.de/Support/sdb_e/index.html "Printing with kernel 2.2.xx" it says: SuSE Linux: Versions since 6.0 Kernel: Versions since 2.2 Symptom: After updating to the 2.2.xx kernel printing no longer works... Cause: With the 2.2.x kernel the "parport" subsystem appeared and the numbering of the interfaces has changed. Solution: 1. Please use the kernel that was provided with your SuSE system, as well as the modules that are included in the "kernmod" package; Unfortunately kernels that have been recompiled can not be covered by our installation support! 2. In /etc/printcap change the device /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0. 3 . . .etc.
READ the Epson 740 (Redhat) document for background:
http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/~haver/linux/epson.html
CHECK to see if anything new at the "Printing HOWTO Support Database"
http://gatekeeper.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi
UPDATE Ghostscript to Ver. 5.50:
http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/SuSE_Linux_6.0_(i386).html
or if you want source: http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/index.html
DOWNLOAD "epson740.tgz" from link at:
http://lcewww.et.tudelft.nl/~haver/linux/epson.html
and EXTRACT: README ps-to-printer.fpi printerdb
stc740p.upp stc740ih.upp stc740pl.upp
MOVE the 3 .upp files to /usr/share/ghostscript/5.50/ Delete the rest,they're specific to Redhat
TAKE A BREAK : ) and feel good about Epson and Linux by READing: http://eunuchs.org/epson/index.html
EDIT FILES cd /var/lib/apsfilter/ edit "resolutions" by adding: stc740pl.upp 360x360 stc740p.upp 720x720 stc740ih.upp 1440x720
cd /var/lib/apsfilter/doc/ edit "printer.menu" by adding: stc740ih.upp Epson Stylus Color 740, 1440x720DPI, Inkjet Paper stc740p.upp Epson Stylus Color 740, 720x720DPI, Plain Paper stc740pl.upp Epson Stylus Color 740, 360x360DPI, Plain Paper
edit "printer" by adding: stc740ih.upp Epson Stylus Color 740, 1440x720DPI, Inkjet Paper stc740p.upp Epson Stylus Color 740, 720x720DPI, Plain Paper stc740pl.upp Epson Stylus Color 740, 360x360DPI, Plain Paper
CONFIGURE PRINTER cd /usr/lib/apsfilter/ and begin the configuration, adding each of the 3 drivers. ./SETUP opens the
Send a thank-you to:DEPontius at usa.net he figured out the Ghostscript files. I don't gaurantee anything, but it worked for me. Good Luck
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