i'm trying to get my usb printer (epson stylus color
980) to work under debian 2.2r2 (kernel 2.2.18pre21).
i've read the documentation from
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/hardware/usbprinter.html,
but to no avail.
as root i did 'mknod /dev/usb/lp0 c 180 0'.
then i manually edited /etc/printcap. the website
said to use printtool, and provided a link to a
debianized version. but the link was broken. is
there a replacement for printtool??
here are the contents of /etc/printcap:
usblp0|printer
:lp=/dev/usb/lp0
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp
:af=/var/log/lp-acct
:lf=/var/log/lp-errs
:pl#66
:pw#80
:pc#150
:mx#0
:sh
lsmod gives:
bsd_comp 3920 0 (autoclean)
ppp 20108 2 (autoclean)
[bsd_comp]
slhc 4380 1 (autoclean) [ppp]
printer 3764 0 (unused)
parport_pc 7340 1 (autoclean)
lp 4588 0 (autoclean) (unused)
parport 7316 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
hid 11328 0 (unused)
usb-uhci 18216 0 (unused)
keybdev 1736 0 (unused)
mousedev 3628 0 (unused)
usbcore 42888 1 [printer hid
usb-uhci]
input 2940 0 [hid keybdev
mousedev]
and here's what /var/spool/lpd/lp/status.usblp0 says
everytime i try to print something (lpr -Pusblp0
<file>):
subserver pid 14671
starting at 2001-02-09-21:13:27.655
## [EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668 process=14671
accounting at start at 2001-02-09-21:13:27.655 ##
[EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668 process=14671
opening device '/dev/usb/lp0' at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.655
## [EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668
process=14671printing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.657
## [EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668 process=14671
printing '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
starting OF at 2001-02-09-21:13:27.657
## [EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668 process=14671
printing data file 'dfA668debian', size 425 at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.657 ## [EMAIL PROTECTED]
number=668 process=14671
printing done '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.663 ## [EMAIL PROTECTED]
number=668 process=14671
accounting at end at 2001-02-09-21:13:27.663 ##
[EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668 process=14671
finished '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', status 'JSUCC' at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.663 ## identif
[EMAIL PROTECTED] number=668 process=14671
subserver pid 14671 exit status 'JSUCC' at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.667 ## identifier
=<NULL> number=0 process=14670
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' printed at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.667 ## [EMAIL PROTECTED]
number=668 process=14670
job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' removed at
2001-02-09-21:13:27.669 ## [EMAIL PROTECTED]
number=668 process=14670
i had no trouble getting my usb mouse to work, but
this printer is driving me crazy. please help! tia.
ps sorry for the length of this message
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