On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 3:38 PM, Andrew Benton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:45:07 -0800 > Nathan Coulson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I was having some problems getting my Oki printer working under linux, >> which was working fine on my previous LFS build. >> >> I use Cups 1.5 (latest BLFS), ghostscript 9.04 (latest blfs), >> >> hplip 3.11.12 >> [http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.11.12.tar.gz] >> ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-network-build && >> make && >> make install >> >> and the .ppd from oki >> ftp://ftp2.okidata.com/pub/drivers/linux/SFP/monochrome/desktop/OK400PCLv3.tar.gz >> >> >> When printing, I am receiving 'stopped "The page setup information was >> not valid."' >> >> I always seem to have a few headaches when I set this up on a new >> build, but not sure what I am missing this time... >> >> did not notice anything in /var/log/cups/error_log that stood out to >> me, and a bit much for a tiny email, so I threw it up on >> http://nathancoulson.com/~conathan/error_log >> >> >> >> One of the main differences, is I did not install foomatic (I don't >> think the OK400PCLv3 ppd needed them, don't recall installing that on >> my last LFS build either). Hoping I don't need it... >> > > Looking at your error log it seems that the error message comes from > imagetoraster.c, part of cups. I suspect that the problem lies with the > ppd from oki. Have you tried openprinting? > http://www.openprinting.org/printers > Is it like an Oki OL400? They say that works. Try their ppd? > http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Oki/Oki-OL400 > > My printer's a Samsung so my experience won't help very much. I do > install foomatic; I don't know if it's needed but it's working so I > stopped fiddling. > > Andy
Any of the openprinting stuff needs foomatic, and while it may come to this, I was hoping to avoid it. I'll play around a bit more, and bite the bullet if I still have not solved it. -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
