I've been installing debian most all day, so I'm probably missing something
really obvious here, but I'm having a real problem with the printer setup.
How do I get printing setup correctly in debian? I have installed lprng and
magic filter but I can't get it to print. I have also tried printtool, but
that doesn't work either. And of course apsfilter.
My printer is an Epson Stylus Color 600. I've set it up to print at 720dpi
on plain paper. Does anyone have a working printcap file for this printer
that they will send to me?
I want to be able to print using the command lp so I can print messages from
mutt or slrn, Here's what I get when I try to print a simple text file:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lp quills
request id is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
..at this point nothing happens.. so I issue lpq command
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/writing$ lpq
Printer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'Epson Stylus Color'
Queue: no printable jobs in queue
Status: removing job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' - ABORT at 20:13:55.027
Filter_status: lp is ready and printing
Printing used to be quite easy to setup using printtool, but it doesn't work
for me now..
any help on this one is greatly appreciated.
I've attached a copy of my existing printcap file..
thanks
dale
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# @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
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# This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig.
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lp|lp|Epson Stylus Color:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
