From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Mar 24 14:32:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from vulcan.rsasecurity.com (vulcan.rsasecurity.com [204.167.114.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4CA0737B404 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 14:32:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from sdtihq24.securitydynamics.com by vulcan.rsasecurity.com via smtpd (for hub.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.18]) with SMTP; 24 Mar 2002 22:32:00 UT Received: from ebola.securitydynamics.com (ebola.securid.com [192.80.211.4]) by sdtihq24.securid.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA09148 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:31:58 -0500 (EST) Received: from spirit.dynas.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ebola.securitydynamics.com (8.10.2+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id g2OMWhn08051 for ; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 17:32:44 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 21754 invoked from network); 24 Mar 2002 22:32:40 -0000 Received: from explorer.rsa.com (HELO mikko.rsa.com) (10.81.217.59) by spirit.dynas.se with SMTP; 24 Mar 2002 22:32:40 -0000 Received: (from mikko@localhost) by mikko.rsa.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2OMWb892781; Sun, 24 Mar 2002 14:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mikko) Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 14:32:37 -0800 (PST) From: Mikko Tyolajarvi Message-Id: <200203242232.g2OMWb892781@mikko.rsa.com> To: arno@RZ.FH-Augsburg.DE Cc: stable@freebsd.org Orig-To: Arno Schneider Subject: Re: usb printing to epson stylus photo 895 Newsgroups: local.freebsd.stable References: <20020324122634.A17372@rz.fh-augsburg.de> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In local.freebsd.stable you write: >I have a problem with an Epson Stylus Photo 895. The printer has only >a usb interface. When i power up the printer the console shows >uhub1: Texas Instruments General Purpose USB Hub, class 9/0, rev >1.10/1.01, addr 2 >uhub1: 2 ports with 0 removable, self powered >ulpt0: EPSON USB Printer, rev 1.10/1.00, addr 3, iclass 7/1 >ugen0: EPSON SP 895 Storage , rev 1.10/1.10, addr 4 >But when i try to print to /dev/ulpt0 the print head only moves a little >richt an left - nothing is printed. How/what do you print? I think these printers need a bunch of funky escape sequences in order to do anything useful. I'm using ghostscript + gimp-print (included in the port) with my Stylus Photo 1270. Gimp-print seems to support the 895, as device "escp2-895". Try using gs to produce a file from postscript input, and then send that file to the printer. I don't know if apsfilter can do The Right Thing for you. I'm using a custom print filter that runs ghostscript. The only gotcha was that in order to make it print reliably, I had to put a short sleep (1 second is enough) in the print filter, before sending any data to the printer. $.02, /Mikko -- Mikko Työläjärvi_______________________________________mikko@rsasecurity.com RSA Security To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message