Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 22:41:32 +0100 From: Adriaan de Groot <groot@kde.org> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Cc: Neeku Shamekhi <neeku.sh@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Printer Configuration Message-ID: <200801092241.37791.groot@kde.org> In-Reply-To: <478534DB.7020107@unsane.co.uk> References: <97ca98bc0801080232x7aaf028i88fda32fb419e978@mail.gmail.com> <478534DB.7020107@unsane.co.uk>
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On Wednesday 09 January 2008, Vince wrote:
> go to administration, log in as root if needed, and go through the add
> printer dialog, selecting usb printer when asked for device, and the
> closest model to mine i could find in the following screen.
> After that it just worked.
For my setup -- I have an Epson RX420 -- it was also essential not to choose
the Epson driver, but to install gutenprint as well and then choose Epson via
Gutenprint. Only then did things work:
gutenprint-5.1.3 The "meta-port" for GutenPrint
gutenprint-base-5.1.3_1 GutenPrint Printer Driver
gutenprint-cups-5.1.3 GutenPrint Printer Driver
gutenprint-foomatic-5.1.3 GutenPrint Printer Driver
gutenprint-ijs-5.1.3 GutenPrint Printer Driver
My approach to discovering the right configuration was to plug the printer
into a Mandriva 2008 Linux box, wait for it to do all the right things
automagically, then check the configuration of the printer in CUPS and try to
re-create that.
I suppose the very *first* step to take is to check that /dev/ulpt0 is created
*and* gets the right permissions. Check dmesg and ls -l /dev/*lpt* .
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These are your friends - Adem
GPG: FEA2 A3FE Adriaan de Groot
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