Hey Brian - >There is an okiibm driver, which is the one recommended to use. It is in >the foomatic-db-compressed-ppds package.
That did it. First time in 21 years My OKI printer worked correctly on Linux. Seriously appreciate the work on this. Thanks! By the way: > Since this is running on a Raspberry Pi I don't believe I have any > immediate access to the BIOS. At least I'm not aware of any way to access > it. > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md >But the Pi doesn't have a parallel port, does it? A *.txt file isn't a BIOS no matter what marketing says (having written BIOS's several times over 20+ years). Thanks again. Kurt (i'll post a followup resolved to the bug list as well). On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 10:37 AM, Brian Potkin <[email protected]> wrote: > tags 814478 - moreinfo > thanks > > > > > On Fri 12 Feb 2016 at 16:50:07 -0500, Kurt Theis wrote: > > > Thanks for looking at this issue. > > Hello, Kurt. Don't forget to mail any replies the bug. The last one has > been bounced there for you. > > > > Do any of the parallel port settings in the BIOS have an effect? > > > > Since this is running on a Raspberry Pi I don't believe I have any > > immediate access to the BIOS. At least I'm not aware of any way to access > > it. > > https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/configuration/config-txt.md > > But the Pi doesn't have a parallel port, does it? > > > > I believe the printer has an Emulation Mode. What is being used now? > > > Does changing it have any effect? > > > > There are two emulation modes: IBM PPR and Epson FX. Per the manual I > have > > IBM Proprinter II/XL and IBM Graphics. The Epson options are FX86/286 and > > EX800/1000. > > > > I tried these emulation modes (after setting the mode in the printer > front > > panel menu) using IBM and Epson drivers. I Also tried Oki drivers in each > > mode. > > > > After several tries I got this message from the CUPS localhost webpage: > > (See image). This came across while using the "Print Test Page" option in > > printer maintenance dropdown. > > > > I set the printer back to OKI mL (microline) mode and changed the driver > > back to generic 9 pin. a "ls -la | lpr" command on the command line > prints > > OK as it should. The Print Test Page drop down still gives me the > indicated > > error. > > We assume the Oki 9-Pin Series PPD did not work with either emulation. > > > > Which particular feature is important to you? > > > > There are different font styles (pitch/letter styles, > > subscript/superscript) that I am trying to use. > > I have a dim recollection of doing something similar a long time ago > with a Panasonic dot matrix printer. Something like using ESC codes, > isn't it? > > > >Please post what you get for > > > > grep NickName /etc/cups/ppd/<oki_ppd> > > > > pi@kurts_office:/media/extstorage/pi/simulators/8080 $ l /etc/cups/ppd > > total 20 > > drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp 4096 Feb 12 16:28 . > > drwxr-xr-x 5 root lp 4096 Feb 12 16:28 .. > > -rw-r----- 1 root lp 1401 Feb 12 16:28 OKI_DATA_CORP_ML320_1TURBO.ppd > > The Generic text-only PPD > > > -rw-r----- 1 root lp 5503 Feb 12 16:24 OKI_DATA_CORP_ML320_1TURBO.ppd.O > > The Oki 9-Pin Series PPD. > > There is an okiibm driver, which is the one recommended to use. It is in > the foomatic-db-compressed-ppds package. > > Regards, > > Brian. > -- [email protected] http://www.landfall.net
