Hello Gary. Thank you for your report.
On Fri 28 Nov 2014 at 17:40:23 -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > * What led up to the situation? > After having good experiences with the Epson R-320 printers for many years, I > purchased > an Epson XP-820. Both printers had the ability to print to CD, which I > consider important. > Unfortunately, while the R-320 had no problems handling CDs, I can't get the > XP-820 to > print to them. > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or ineffective)? > After initially selecting CD/DVD as the output media for a print job and > having it fail, > I then tried setting CD/DVD as the default output media. I also tried using > the Print on CD > option on the printer's control panel. > > * What was the outcome of this action? > Selecting CD/DVD for a print job results in the CD print tray being ejected > by the > printer. The printer then asks me to insert a single sheet of paper. If I > push the tray > back in, it just gives me an error message. > > If I try to set the default output medium through CUPS, I get an error > because there are > no CD/DVD media sizes defined. I simply can't do it. > > When I try to set the Print on CD option on the printer control panel, it > asks me to insert > a memory card. > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > I want the printer to print on CDs like my now defunct R-320 used to. What PPD are you using? grep Nickname /etc/cups/ppd/<your_XP-820_PPD> Regards, Brian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
