From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 01:43:47 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 983DB16A4CE for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:43:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net (smtp1.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.181]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE98843D67 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 01:43:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from malcolm.kay@internode.on.net) Received: from beta.home (ppp109-47.lns1.adl1.internode.on.net [150.101.109.47])hBM9hacK079217; Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:13:37 +1030 (CST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Malcolm Kay Organization: At home To: Luke Kearney , FreeBSD Questions Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:13:36 +1030 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20031222153127.B949.LUKEK@meibin.net> In-Reply-To: <20031222153127.B949.LUKEK@meibin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200312222013.36285.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Subject: Re: Cups X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:43:47 -0000 On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:12, Luke Kearney wrote: > Hello, > I am having a troublesome time with CUPS and printing to an Epson > PM-740DU inkjet printer. I have set up cups and it works to a degree. I > can print test pages like there is no tomorrow but I cannot print from > desktop applications let alone from any of the networked machines via > samba. The client machines can browse and add the printer but they > cannot print to it. I am using a fairly generic PPD for the printer as = I > could not find one for BSD in the ports and linuxprinting.org didn't > offer much joy. I understand that the printer is roughly equivalent to > the Stylus Photo 780 ( max dpi 2880x720 , 6 colours ). > > When trying to print a txt file from the cmd line I get > > lpr: lp: unknown printer > lpr is looking for the default printer named 'lp'. It seems you don't hav= e one ;) > /etc/printcap shows > > tamachi: $ cat /etc/printcap > # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the > # /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf file. All changes to this file > # will be lost. > # written for pips780 > pm780c|EPSON PM780C:\ As it stands you will need to nominate the specific printer each time it'= s used. # lpr -P pm780c=20 or # lp -d pm780c To make it use this printer by default you must give it 'lp' as one of it= s names as in: lp|pm780c|EPSON PM780C:\ > > :sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/pm780c:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=3D/dev/ulpt0:\ > :if=3D/usr/local/libexec/pips780/filter780.rev:\ > :lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs: > > # pips780 end > > actually having installed the pips780 file from ports I ran the setup > script to get this into printcap. If I modify the printer via the CUPS > interface it scraps all of the above and replaces it with one line whic= h > is the name I gave the printer in the setup. > Malcolm Kay