On Sunday 13 November 2005 20:28, Mario Frasca wrote: > it seems quite stupid, I'm using to linux since 1993 more or less, but > all these modern graphic or automatic fluffs don't help me much... > > well, the problem is that I cannot print any more. cups did work and > the only cause I can think of is a dist-upgrade. > > my printer is an epson stylus c46, connected via usb to an "flower > power" iMac of 2001. > > yes, I'm running Debian GNU/linux, which distribution, well, that is a > problem. I installed woody from cdroms, then I moved to sarge because > of the audio drivers, but my mistake was to actually move to "testing" > rather than the literal "sarge". now I am on testing which is etch, if > I understood the logic. I was trying to move back to sarge: to do that > I wrote some information into /etc/apt/preferences which probably was > not such a good idea (I got some unstable packages.!), anyways, this is > an other problem, let's go back to the printer... > > it stopped working and my recovery procedures stopped working as well. > I removed it, reinstalled, removed and purged, reinstalled, reiterated, > reconfigured, retried, but not recovered. everything looks just perfect > as long as I don't try printing anything! > > apt-get --purge remove cupsys cups-pdf cupsys-driver-gimpprint > apt-get install cupsys cups-pdf cupsys-driver-gimpprint > cupsys-driver-gimpprint-data > > I start cups and it says everything is all right. > <DefaultPrinter epson> > Info epson stylus C46 > Location usb://EPSON/Stylus C46 > DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0 > State Idle > Accepting Yes > JobSheets none none > QuotaPeriod 0 > PageLimit 0 > KLimit 0 > </Printer> > > so you say everything is all right, right, then print something! > no. > <DefaultPrinter epson> > Info epson stylus C46 > Location usb://EPSON/Stylus C46 > DeviceURI usb:/dev/usb/lp0 > State Stopped > StateMessage Unable to open USB device "usb:/dev/usb/lp0": No such device I had a problem not unlike this. For some reason the permissions on the /dev/usb/lp* devices were all the same EXCEPT lp0. Make lp0 like the rest and suddenly it works.
David > Accepting Yes > JobSheets none none > QuotaPeriod 0 > PageLimit 0 > KLimit 0 > </Printer> > > this was what my system kept saying when it worked and when I tried to > print without first switching the printer on > but the printer _is_ on and the system does see it (/proc/bus/usb/devices): > T: Bus=02 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=02 Cnt=03 Dev#= 7 Spd=12 MxCh= 0 > D: Ver= 1.10 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 8 #Cfgs= 1 > P: Vendor=04b8 ProdID=0005 Rev= 1.00 > S: Manufacturer=EPSON > S: Product=USB Printer > S: SerialNumber=HU5QV0501172333510 > C:* #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr= 2mA > I: If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=07(print) Sub=01 Prot=02 Driver=(none) > E: Ad=01(O) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms > E: Ad=82(I) Atr=02(Bulk) MxPS= 64 Ivl=0ms > > what am I missing? > > ideas? > > thanks in advance, > Mario > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
