Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:18:27 +0100 From: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: usb printer won't behave Message-ID: <200410242018.27626.ben@spooty.net>
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Hello,
I've just got a new epson stylus photo r300 - lovely, works like a dream... in
windows.
But not in FreeBSD
su-2.05b# lptest 20 10 > /dev/ulpt0
makes the print heads move a little, then stop - sounds like it's getting
ready to print, then changes its mind. If there's a sheet ready for printing
it's ejected at that point. The same thing happens if I do
su-2.05b# lptest 20 10 > ~/test
su-2.05b# cat ~/test > /dev/ulpt0
I installed the port print/pips-spr300_310, which is the proper driver for
this printer - on install it created /etc/printcap:
# written for pips-spr300_310
spr300_310|EPSON SPR300_310:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/spr300_310:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/var/ekpd/ekplp0:\
:if=/usr/local/libexec/pips/SPR300_310/filter-spr300_310:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
# pips-spr300_310 end
as well as the corresponding spool directory and other files mentioned. It
also prompts to add some lines to /etc/libmap.conf:
# Photo Image Print System (for EPSON bubble jet printer)
[/usr/local/lib/pips/libspr300_310.so]
libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/pips.so
libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/pips.so
so I did that. Now,
su-2.05b# lpr -Pspr300_310 ~/test
su-2.05b# lptest 20 10 | lpr -Pspr300_310
su-2.05b# lpq -Pspr300_310
Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
1st root 10 /root/test 210 bytes
2nd root 11 (standard input) 210 bytes
...and they'll stay there indefinitely without a peep from the printer, not
even the throat-clearing it does redirecting directly to the device node...
The detection of the printer is pretty hit and miss - it only seems to work if
the printer is off when bsd boots up, AND if I switch it on after I switch on
my digital camera! (Odd, huh?) But when it does work, this is what I get:
umass0: EPSON USB2.0 MFP, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2
ulpt0: EPSON USB2.0 MFP, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2, iclass 8/6
ulpt0: using bi-directional mode
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <EPSON Stylus Storage 1.00> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device
da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
da0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
Opened disk da0 -> 6
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM Status: SCSI Status Error
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI Status: Check Condition
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): NOT READY asc:3a,0
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Medium not present
(da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): Unretryable error
Opened disk da0 -> 6
...and then it makes the appropriate nodes (there's a /dev/unlpt0 as well, but
it does even less than the one I'm using). On the vague off-chance it's
relevant, here's the camera going on and off again:
ugen0: Eastman Kodak Company KODAK EasyShare DX4530 Zoom Digital Camera, rev
2.0
0/1.00, addr 3
ugen0: at uhub0 port 2 (addr 3) disconnected
ugen0: detached
I don't understand why that would make any difference, they use different usb
drivers... so, I dunno, is this a usb problem, or what? Oh yeah:
su-2.05b# uname -a
FreeBSD potato.hogsedge.net 5.3-BETA5 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA5 #1: Tue Oct 19
08:53:58 BST 2004 root@potato.hogsedge.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/POTATO
i386
Thanks very much for your help,
Ben
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