Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:12:33 +0000 From: Ben Paley <ben@spooty.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: USB Printer bafflement - ppd problem? Message-ID: <200501042012.33748.ben@spooty.net>
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Hello all, I've an epson r300, and I'm trying to use cups. su-2.05b# lptest 20 5 > /dev/ulpt0 works fine, though it doesn't eject the sheet at the end - I can pretty much live with sending my own form feed for the moment. GIMP prints fine too - epson r300 is on the list, and I use the command 'lpr', simple as that, but it'll print just as well if I use 'kprinter' as the command (depending on how that's set up). But nothing else seems to work. su-2.05b# lptest 20 5 | lpr just does a little 'reset' jiggle, but doesn't print anything. kprinter does the same (won't print a test page, and no other programs can print via it), so does open office... I've tried 3 different ppd files as the driver in kprinter and open office: 2 which I made with foomatic-ppdfile thus: foomatic-ppdfile -d gimp-print-ijs -p Epson-Stylus_Photo_R300 > /usr/home/ben/epson_r300_gimpprintijs.ppd and foomatic-ppdfile -d gimp-print -p Epson-Stylus_Photo_R300 > /usr/home/ben/epson_r300_gimp-print.ppd as well as the file which comes with the pips driver for this printer, ekspr300_310.ppd. No luck at all. I guess it's a ppd problem, but I can't think why GIMP can print and nothing else can - what does it know that nothing else does? Here's some info that might help: su-2.05b# uname -a FreeBSD potato.hogsedge.net 5.3-STABLE FreeBSD 5.3-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 18 20:09:01 UTC 2004 root@potato.hogsedge.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/POTATO i386 su-2.05b# su-2.05b# 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. Epson|Epson Stylus Photo R300:rm=potato.hogsedge.net:rp=Epson: su-2.05b# su-2.05b# cat /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf # Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.1.22 # Written by cupsd on Tue Jan 4 19:57:57 2005 <DefaultPrinter Epson> Info Epson Stylus Photo R300 Location /dev/ulpt0 DeviceURI usb:/dev/ulpt0 State Idle Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 </Printer> su-2.05b# su-2.05b# pkg_info | grep gimp gimp-2.2.0,1 A GNU Image Manipulation Program gimp-print-4.2.7_1 GIMP Print Printer Driver su-2.05b# su-2.05b# pkg_info | grep cups cups-1.1.22.0 The Common UNIX Printing System: Metaport to install comple cups-base-1.1.22.0_1 The Common UNIX Printing System: headers, libs, & daemons cups-lpr-1.1.22.0 The CUPS BSD and system V compatibility binaries (lp* comma cups-pstoraster-7.07_3 GNU Postscript interpreter for CUPS printing to non-PS prin libgnomecups-0.1.14,1 Support library for gnome cups admistration su-2.05b# su-2.05b# pkg_info | grep pips pips-spr300_310-2.6.2 Photo Image Print System for Linux --- EPSON Stylus Photo R su-2.05b# Any ideas? Thanks a lot, Ben
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