Can't print to local printer epson stylus photo 750

[Charles Trois]

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> Message: 1
> Subject: Can't print to local printer epson stylus photo 750
> From: Jim Byrne <james.byrne2@ntlworld.com>
> To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Organization: ScotConnect
> Date: 11 Jun 2004 18:34:31 +0100
> Reply-To: yellowdog-newbie@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
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> Hi,
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> I've recently installed YLD on my Powerbook G3 (Lombard), but I am
> unable to get the printing to work.
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> Everythign seems to work ok - I press print, the dialog box appears to
> indicate success, but the printer remains silent. I have a Epson Stylus
> Photo 750 connected via USB.
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> The driver appears to be installed ok - according to the printer manager
> - it shows 'Epson Stylus Photo 750, Foomatic +gimp=3Dprint'.
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> If I test the printer - it indicates that all went well - but still
> nothing actually being printed out.The printer is totally silent - not
> even a sound to indicate that there is a connectin between computer and
> printer.
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> I can still print ok when I switch back to OS 9.2.
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> How do I go about investigating this problem?
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Hello Jim,=20

I just found your message among behindhand e-mail.

That question has been asked many times, but there are few satisfactory
answers.

A most helpful one has been given by Geoffrey Mendelson (copy below). It
lists ALL the steps necessary to put the Epson machine in order, and I can
guarantee that it works. I believe that the most important step is number 3=
.
Also pay special attention to foomatic-rip and foomatic-gswrapper. I seem t=
o
remember that they should both be linked to /usr/bin (see
www.linuxprinting.org for details).

Good luck.

Charles
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> Message: 11
> From: "Geoffrey S. Mendelson" <gsm@mendelson.com>
> Subject: Re: CUPS permissions
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:43:24 +0200 (IST)
> Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
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> Charles Trois wrote:
>> I cannot get printing done on my Epson 740: when I ask for a job, it is =
said
>> to be transmitted to the printer, and it appears on the list of terminat=
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>> jobs, but nothing gets done.
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> I've feel  that redhat's CUPS support is not very good. It's much easier =
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> use the foomatic drivers from www.linuxprinting.org.
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> You download the drivers and ppd for your printer and install them as
> documented on the site. I found that the easiest way was to:
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> 1, Install foomatic-rip and and foomatic-gswrapper.
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> 2. Install the printer using the standard drivers via the http interface*=
.
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> 3. Replace the ppd with the one from linux printing. For example if your
> printer is named fred, and you downloaded the EPSON-740.ppd from
> linuxprinting, then you cp EPSON-740.ppd /etc/cups/ppd/fred.ppd
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> 4. Go back to the cups http interface* and use "configure printer" to set
> paper size, resolution, etc.
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> I have several printers defined for my Epson and HP inkjets depending
> upon the resolution I want to print at.
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> Be careful using the redhat printer config scripts. They rewrite the
> cupsd.conf
> file from scratch and remove any changes you may make to it.
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> * The cups http interface is at http://localhost:631
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> Geoff.
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> Geoffrey S. Mendelson gsm@mendelson.com 972-54-608-069
> Icq/AIM Uin: 2661079 MSN IM: geoffrey_mendelson@hotmail.com (Not for emai=
l)