Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:34:48 -0400 From: Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> To: Michael Johnson <ahze@ahze.net> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7-RELEASE + CUPS + gutenprint + Epson Stylus CX8400 (fixed path) Message-ID: <200804051634.49268.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> In-Reply-To: <b2203fed0804051307x5ca8a06cme612f8240dfc84a1@mail.gmail.com> References: <200804051416.01776.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> <b2203fed0804051307x5ca8a06cme612f8240dfc84a1@mail.gmail.com>
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On Saturday 05 April 2008 04:07:42 pm Michael Johnson wrote: > On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:16 PM, Steven Friedrich <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> > > wrote: > > No response from -questions... > > > > I can't get this printer to work at all. I've been to cups.org, > > avasys.jp , > > and http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting to no avail. > > > > I already had cups installed and working under FreeBSD from a LONG time > > ago. I > > used to use it with an HP DeskJet 560C. Later, I bought a Brother > > monochrome > > laser with BR-Script (their version of postscript). That printer was EASY > > to > > get working, because Brother supplied a .ppd file. > > > > I googled my tail off. > > > > The OpenPrinting database said to use gutenprint, which I didn't have > > installed, so I installed it and in cups, I removed the printer and > > re-added > > it using the gutenprint ppd apropriate for the CX8400. > > > > When I print a test page, it just prints garbage. > > > > This printer is a USB printer and I added device ulpt and it shows up > > with usbdevs: > > addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > > uhub0 > > addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > > uhub1 > > addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > > uhub2 > > addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel > > uhub3 > > addr 2: USB Receiver, Logitech > > ums0 > > addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel > > uhub4 > > addr 2: USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed), EPSON > > ulpt0 > > umass0 > > > > It works under WinXP Pro and I bought this printer because it was pretty > > cheap > > and I needed one quickly. But Epson put a lot of money into CUPS and I > > can't believe this is so friggin' hard to get it to work. > > > > I think the handbook could use some more troubleshooting info for usb > > printers. This printer, from what I read on the Internet, will support > > printing us-ascii, so I tried to send an ls -l > /dev/ulpt0 device, but > > it didn't even print that. > > > > I also noted that the gutenprint users manual says I should have an epson > > backend in /usr/local/libexec/cups/backend. I don't have one. How do I > > get it > > there? > > > > What am I missing? > > also, do you have gutenprint-cups installed? > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" portversion -v | egrep "cups|guten" cups-base-1.3.7 = up-to-date with port cups-pstoraster-8.15.4_1 = up-to-date with port gutenprint-5.1.7 = up-to-date with port gutenprint-base-5.1.7 = up-to-date with port gutenprint-cups-5.1.7_2 = up-to-date with port gutenprint-foomatic-5.1.7 = up-to-date with port gutenprint-ijs-5.1.7 = up-to-date with port libgnomecups-0.2.3,1 = up-to-date with port gutenprint has three options: [X] CUPS GutenPrint (gimp-print) Cups Drivers [X] IJS IJS GhostScript Drivers [X] FOOMATIC Foomatic data files Originally, I only had the first option selected, but I added the other two just to see if that would fix it.
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