Okay...
When I wrote my original post, I never mentioned that I had used Printtool
to setup my printer. It is one of the first things I do after I get
Linux-Mandrake 6.1 installed. Printtool detects my printer port at lp0, but
any print filters that I choose won't work. I have the Epson Stylus 740 and
the print filters that appear to match my printer the best are the Epson
Stylus 800/ESP?? and another filter that should work for any Epson Stylus
Color Printer. At best, I was able to successfully print all of the test
pages from inside of Printtool, but right afterward I went into "Text
Editor" and Star Office and found that I could not print anything. I know
that Star Office has it's own printer list, but I should still be able to
print from inside of the "Text Editor." Anyway, I then went back to
Printtool and tried to do some more test pages there, but it no longer
worked either. I did not make any changes to hardware settings or install
any new hardware, so I am still at a loss as to what the problem is. I am
not familiar with updating my print filters or know if that is even
possible. If someone can give me some other advice, it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks for your time
--Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 24, 1999 3:13 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] My printer...
> On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 10:54:30PM -0400, John Aldrich wrote:
> > On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > > After several installations and reading several documents, I have
found that my
> > > Epson Stylus Color 740 printer will not work under Linux at all times
(my
> > > experience and quote from a howto document). I have been able to
print a test
> > > page once or twice but that has been it. I am taking a computer class
that is
> > > using Linux, so I need the printer for printing out my assignments. I
know
> > > that I can go into Win98 to print them out, but it's inconvenient and
it would
> > > be nice to be able to use Linux without having to rely on Win98 for
anything.
> > >
> > According to the Linux Printer Compatibility list, the Epson 740 is
> > listed as "mostly working" which they say means the colors may be off
> > a bit, and such, but it should print. Have you run the printer setup
> > util in X? If not you should (sorry, can't recall right off what the
> > command is.) That should help get it working as best it's going to.
>
> printtool
>
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
