I thought I sent a mail to the mailinglist, but I have exactly the same problem(only different model). It's a kernel bug in the usb driver. It's been there since at least september 2004.
On 5/18/05, Mike Jeays <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 18:42, Mike Jeays wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:44, dgmm wrote: > > > On Monday 16 May 2005 02:35, Mike Jeays wrote: > > > > I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble > getting > > > > it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it > > > > responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0. > > > > > > > > I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think > it > > > > should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been > > > > installed in /usr/local/bin. > > > > > > > > Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much > more > > > > complicated than I ought to need for a local installation. > > > > > > > > I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work. > > > > > > Try /dev/unlpt0 > > > > > > Note the "n" ;-) > > > > > > > That was a really useful hint, thanks! escputil now works, but my > > ghostscript filter still needs work. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > I apologise for following up my own post, but here is the excerpt from > my non-working filter. I think the DeviceModel parameter needs to be > corrected, but I have googled for some time, and can't find the answer. > More ideas will be very welcome! > > cat $TMP | /usr/local/bin/gs \ > -sDEVICE=ijs \ > -sIjsServer=/usr/local/bin/ijsgimpprint \ > -sDeviceManufacturer=EPSON \ > -sDeviceModel=escp2-870 \ # I also tried escp2-ex and escp2-670 > -q -dNOPAUSE -r600 > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"