Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 16:01:43 -0400 From: "Michael Johnson" <ahze@ahze.net> To: "Steven Friedrich" <FreeBSD@insightbb.com> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 7-RELEASE + CUPS + gutenprint + Epson Stylus CX8400 Message-ID: <b2203fed0804051301m5e6adad6wba01e3efca401ee8@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200804051411.57384.FreeBSD@insightbb.com> References: <200804051411.57384.FreeBSD@insightbb.com>
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On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 2:11 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/lib/cups/backend. I don't have one. How do I get it there? > > What am I missing? you could try print/system-config-printer > > _________________________ _____________________ > 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" >
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