>> I can get the Sipix Pocket Printer A6 installed in CUPS and it will >> get about 20% through a CUPS test page, but it always stops in the >> same spot and the LED just blinks. > > Does it do the same with standard printing jobs? I ask because I have an > Epson printer that failed on the CUPS test page, no matter what I tried, > but then I tried printing a photo from KDE and it worked perfectly.
It works! The thing just needed new batteries. For anyone else reading this, flashing LED = replace batteries. It has a few problems: 1. The printer doesn't show up in Print dialogs. It shows up in localhost:631 and prints the test page and via lpr. Why wouldn't it show up in the Print dialogs? Is it because it's a serial printer? 2. I'm using a USB->serial converter and I get a permissions error when trying to print unless I chmod /dev/ttyUSB0. The file shows up before chmod as: crw-rw---- 1 root uucp The problem with chmod is it resets after unplug/plug. My user is in the uucp group. How can I enable printing after unplug/plug without chmod? 3. lpr doesn't work unless I set: # export CUPS_SERVER=localhost which resets after reboot. This wouldn't really be a problem if I could get #1 fixed above because then I could use the Print dialogs instead of lpr. 4. The printer feeds a lot of paper before it starts to print. Should that be fixed in the .upp or .ppd? 5. Quality isn't great, but there's probably not much to do about that. - Grant
