Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:06:57 +0200 From: Ron de Bruijn <iampure@gmail.com> To: Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epson Stylus C86 Printer Message-ID: <87d4647e05051805063d204c8d@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1116380174.86936.77.camel@chaucer> References: <1116207303.86936.60.camel@chaucer> <1116369749.86936.72.camel@chaucer> <1116380174.86936.77.camel@chaucer>
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I thought I sent a mail to the mailinglist, but I have exactly the same problem(only different model). It's a kernel bug in the usb driver. It's been there since at least september 2004. On 5/18/05, Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays@rogers.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 18:42, Mike Jeays wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:44, dgmm wrote: > > > On Monday 16 May 2005 02:35, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble > getting > > > > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it > > > > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0. = =20 > > > > > > > > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think > it > > > > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has be= en > > > > installed in /usr/local/bin. > > > > > > > > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much > more > > > > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation. > > > > > > > > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work. > > >=20 > > > Try /dev/unlpt0 > > >=20 > > > Note the "n" ;-) > > >=20 > >=20 > > That was a really useful hint, thanks! escputil now works, but my > > ghostscript filter still needs work. > >=20 > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 > I apologise for following up my own post, but here is the excerpt from > my non-working filter. I think the DeviceModel parameter needs to be > corrected, but I have googled for some time, and can't find the answer. > More ideas will be very welcome! >=20 > cat $TMP | /usr/local/bin/gs \ > -sDEVICE=3Dijs \ > -sIjsServer=3D/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint \ > -sDeviceManufacturer=3DEPSON \ > -sDeviceModel=3Descp2-870 \ # I also tried escp2-ex and escp2-670 > -q -dNOPAUSE -r600=20 > =20 >=20 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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