Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You also want to install everything that magicfilter 'suggests' [...] You can find the names of the programs by grepping through the filter file and checking the against the contents file. Or just run a pass through dselect. ;) Actually I did install magicfilter with dselect, but there seem to be some hidden dependencies, especially on recode, xfig and transfig. I found this out when I checked my filter-file as you suggested. For the moment I'm happy with magicfilter - Thank you very much. Andreas On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: [...] right now the printer does *nothing at all* - not even error messages. [...]
Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)
Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works well with it. I would like to see your printcap entry. Mine looks like this: lp|esc600|Epson Stylus Color 600:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/esc600:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: But right now the printer does *nothing at all* - not even error messages. I have checked /dev/lp1, so this can't be the problem The SC 600 is well supported. Magicfilter has 3 filters for it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you create the filters by yourself? I only found two corresponding driver entries: stylus_color_360dpi and stylus_color_720dpi (with magicfilter version 1.2-28). Please tell me, how you made it work, I'm really curious... Best regards, Andreas 1.2-28 is the slink version. I'm running potato and using magicfilter 1.2-39. I just used /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig to set it up with no tweaking involved. There was a bug in the 720 dpi filter, but that has been fixed. Here's the (partial) 'dpkg -s output' for magicfilter 1.2-39: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# dpkg -s magicfilter Package: magicfilter Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: text Installed-Size: 452 Maintainer: David Frey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Version: 1.2-39 Depends: libc6 (= 2.1.2) Recommends: lpr | lprng, gs, enscript Suggests: dvips, pbmplus | netpbm, pnmtopng, libjpeg-progs | libjpeg-gif, libtiff-tools, psptools, recode, djtools, bzip2 Conflicts: apsfilter Conffiles: /etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED] a0c2f4b4679e30888484934a9687363c /etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9df9ac128b5add4b825a1e57bc962ab3 /etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3af72053af945a5194c62b02807628be /etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 059cd8e91aaf245fe59972ca2cc8dc65 /etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED] c170b1d25e691c10bbe5f336f7124e35 /etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6b99d025645d38b074a3b0be447262b9 Tom
Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)
I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works well with it. I would like to see your printcap entry. Mine looks like this: lp|esc600|Epson Stylus Color 600:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/esc600:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: But right now the printer does *nothing at all* - not even error messages. I have checked /dev/lp1, so this can't be the problem The SC 600 is well supported. Magicfilter has 3 filters for it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you create the filters by yourself? I only found two corresponding driver entries: stylus_color_360dpi and stylus_color_720dpi (with magicfilter version 1.2-28). Please tell me, how you made it work, I'm really curious... Best regards, Andreas
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
Attempting to print a simple text file with lpr filename on my Epson Stylus Color 600 produces a single line: Unknown device: escp2 Then it prints the same sentence on new sheets of paper over and over again, so that I have to remove the paper to stop the printer. I also have that printer, and use apsfilter. (Version 5.1.4-1) Do you know from where can I download that version? I can only find version 4.9.7-5 on the ftp-server... The /dev/lp0 thing is presumably a difference in kernel or something (I seem to remember the numbering changed). However, the obvious difference is uniprint. Maybe it's worth you trying that driver, instead? uniprint is not in the drivers list - maybe it's listed in your newer version... Thanks for your advice anyway, Andreas
Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)
On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 06:38:25PM +0200, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works well with it. I would like to see your printcap entry. Mine looks like this: lp|esc600|Epson Stylus Color 600:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/esc600:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: But right now the printer does *nothing at all* - not even error messages. I have checked /dev/lp1, so this can't be the problem Are you running a 2.2 or later kernel? If so, use /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/lp1.
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
The Printing HOWTO has some links to some sites with information and drivers for many printers. I found the uniprint driver from there but had no idea how to install/use it. -- Andrew
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
Andreas Hetzmannseder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Attempting to print a simple text file with lpr filename on my Epson Stylus Color 600 produces a single line: Unknown device: escp2 Then it prints the same sentence on new sheets of paper over and over again, so that I have to remove the paper to stop the printer. I also have that printer, and use apsfilter. (Version 5.1.4-1) Do you know from where can I download that version? I can only find version 4.9.7-5 on the ftp-server... It's in unstable (and frozen). The /dev/lp0 thing is presumably a difference in kernel or something (I seem to remember the numbering changed). However, the obvious difference is uniprint. Maybe it's worth you trying that driver, instead? uniprint is not in the drivers list - maybe it's listed in your newer version... Probably. The changelog mentions making uniprint more obvious. So, it looks like you could upgrade to 5.1.4-1 (moving to frozen ought to be safe by now, even if you want to avoid unstable), or try one of these other packages like magicfilter.
Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)
I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works well with it. I would like to see your printcap entry. Mine looks like this: lp|esc600|Epson Stylus Color 600:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/esc600:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: But right now the printer does *nothing at all* - not even error messages. I have checked /dev/lp1, so this can't be the problem Are you running a 2.2 or later kernel? If so, use /dev/lp0 instead of /dev/lp1. I have version 2.0.38 Andreas
Re: magicfilter trouble (was: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?)
FWIW: Here's /etc/printcap on this machine: lp|esc660|Epson Stylus colour 660:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/esc660:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: You also want to install everything that magicfilter 'suggests'; all the converting programs that do the actual work aren't installed if you 'apt-get install' magicfilter. You can find the names of the programs by grepping through the filter file and checking the against the contents file. Or just run a pass through dselect. ;) On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote: I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works well with it. I would like to see your printcap entry. Mine looks like this: lp|esc600|Epson Stylus Color 600:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/esc600:\ :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\ :if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_720dpi-filter:\ :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: But right now the printer does *nothing at all* - not even error messages. I have checked /dev/lp1, so this can't be the problem The SC 600 is well supported. Magicfilter has 3 filters for it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you create the filters by yourself? I only found two corresponding driver entries: stylus_color_360dpi and stylus_color_720dpi (with magicfilter version 1.2-28). Please tell me, how you made it work, I'm really curious... Best regards, Andreas -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
I've grown a long grey beard (no, not really :) ...) about the
following problem: Attempting to print a simple text file with
lpr filename on my Epson Stylus Color 600 produces a single line:
Unknown device: escp2
Then it prints the same sentence on new sheets of paper over and over
again, so that I have to remove the paper to stop the printer.
The standard printcap entry by apsfilter looks like this:
lp|lp2|escp2-a4-auto-mono|escp2 auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
The corresponding logfile tells me something like this:
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet]
/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono: line 111:
246 Broken pipe
$DECOMPRESS a2ps ${A2PS_OPTS}
247 Done(1) | eval $PRINT_PS
I made several troubleshooting checks:
1. I created a simple printcap entry, which worked just fine. It looked
like this:
lp:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
2. a2ps and rewindstdin seem to be correctly installed, although not in
/usr/lib/apsfilter (the base directory) as proposed, but in
/usr/lib/apsfilter/bin. To be sure, i copied the two files into the
base directory, but the problem remained.
3. Ghostscript (gs) is installed (as well as netpbm and two
jpeg-libraries: libjpeg62 and libjpegg6a). gs resides in the /usr/bin
directory, which is in the search path of GLOBAL.sh as required.
4. I even forced some debugging output, but I haven't learnt shell
scripting yet, so I don't know what to make of it ... If someone is
interested in this, I will post it.
Have I forgotten something? Did I choose the wrong printer driver
(escp2)? Do I need to install additional packages (like X, which I don't
have at present)? Who has experience in using apsfilter on an Epson?
Please, answer...
RE: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
I have an Epson Stylus Color 740 printer and I could not get it to work with apsfilter. I used Magicfilter instead, and the printtool and both worked for me. -- Andrew
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
I would also suggest giving magicfilter a try if you don't resolve your
apsfilter problem. I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works
well with it. The SC 600 is well supported. Magicfilter has 3 filters
for it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom
Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote:
I've grown a long grey beard (no, not really :) ...) about the
following problem: Attempting to print a simple text file with
lpr filename on my Epson Stylus Color 600 produces a single line:
Unknown device: escp2
Then it prints the same sentence on new sheets of paper over and over
again, so that I have to remove the paper to stop the printer.
The standard printcap entry by apsfilter looks like this:
lp|lp2|escp2-a4-auto-mono|escp2 auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
The corresponding logfile tells me something like this:
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet]
/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono: line 111:
246 Broken pipe
$DECOMPRESS a2ps ${A2PS_OPTS}
247 Done(1) | eval $PRINT_PS
I made several troubleshooting checks:
1. I created a simple printcap entry, which worked just fine. It looked
like this:
lp:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
2. a2ps and rewindstdin seem to be correctly installed, although not in
/usr/lib/apsfilter (the base directory) as proposed, but in
/usr/lib/apsfilter/bin. To be sure, i copied the two files into the
base directory, but the problem remained.
3. Ghostscript (gs) is installed (as well as netpbm and two
jpeg-libraries: libjpeg62 and libjpegg6a). gs resides in the /usr/bin
directory, which is in the search path of GLOBAL.sh as required.
4. I even forced some debugging output, but I haven't learnt shell
scripting yet, so I don't know what to make of it ... If someone is
interested in this, I will post it.
Have I forgotten something? Did I choose the wrong printer driver
(escp2)? Do I need to install additional packages (like X, which I don't
have at present)? Who has experience in using apsfilter on an Epson?
Please, answer...
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
I have an Epson Stylus Color 740 printer and I could not get it to work with apsfilter. I used Magicfilter instead, and the printtool and both worked for me. Thanks for your recommendation. I would like to give apsfilter a last chance. If I can't find a way to make it work, I will gladly switch to magicfilter.
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
Andreas Hetzmannseder [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've grown a long grey beard (no, not really :) ...) about the following problem: Attempting to print a simple text file with lpr filename on my Epson Stylus Color 600 produces a single line: Unknown device: escp2 Then it prints the same sentence on new sheets of paper over and over again, so that I have to remove the paper to stop the printer. I also have that printer, and use apsfilter. (Version 5.1.4-1) The standard printcap entry by apsfilter looks like this: lp|lp2|escp2-a4-auto-mono|escp2 auto mono:\ :lp=/dev/lp1:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/acct:\ :if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: Ah, mine looks slightly different: lp|lp4|uniprint-a4-auto-color|uniprint auto color:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-a4-auto-color:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-a4-auto-color/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/uniprint-a4-auto-color/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-uniprint-a4-auto-color:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: The /dev/lp0 thing is presumably a difference in kernel or something (I seem to remember the numbering changed). However, the obvious difference is uniprint. Maybe it's worth you trying that driver, instead? [...] Have I forgotten something? Did I choose the wrong printer driver (escp2)? Do I need to install additional packages (like X, which I don't have at present)? Who has experience in using apsfilter on an Epson? It's a while since I set this up, but it looks like I'm using uniprint, not escp2, so that looks like it's worth trying.
Re: apsfilter on Epson Stylus Color... Who can help?
My stepmother just got the SC 660. Unfortunately has only a 14.4k modem
connection. I'd guessed to use the [EMAIL PROTECTED] filer.
Color looks good with it?
BTW, have you heard anything about these printers burning out when
connected to an UPS?
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
I would also suggest giving magicfilter a try if you don't resolve your
apsfilter problem. I have the SC 660, amd the magicfilter package works
well with it. The SC 600 is well supported. Magicfilter has 3 filters
for it:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tom
Andreas Hetzmannseder wrote:
I've grown a long grey beard (no, not really :) ...) about the
following problem: Attempting to print a simple text file with
lpr filename on my Epson Stylus Color 600 produces a single line:
Unknown device: escp2
Then it prints the same sentence on new sheets of paper over and over
again, so that I have to remove the paper to stop the printer.
The standard printcap entry by apsfilter looks like this:
lp|lp2|escp2-a4-auto-mono|escp2 auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/escp2-a4-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
The corresponding logfile tells me something like this:
[Total: 1 page on 1 sheet]
/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-escp2-a4-auto-mono: line 111:
246 Broken pipe
$DECOMPRESS a2ps ${A2PS_OPTS}
247 Done(1) | eval $PRINT_PS
I made several troubleshooting checks:
1. I created a simple printcap entry, which worked just fine. It looked
like this:
lp:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
2. a2ps and rewindstdin seem to be correctly installed, although not in
/usr/lib/apsfilter (the base directory) as proposed, but in
/usr/lib/apsfilter/bin. To be sure, i copied the two files into the
base directory, but the problem remained.
3. Ghostscript (gs) is installed (as well as netpbm and two
jpeg-libraries: libjpeg62 and libjpegg6a). gs resides in the /usr/bin
directory, which is in the search path of GLOBAL.sh as required.
4. I even forced some debugging output, but I haven't learnt shell
scripting yet, so I don't know what to make of it ... If someone is
interested in this, I will post it.
Have I forgotten something? Did I choose the wrong printer driver
(escp2)? Do I need to install additional packages (like X, which I don't
have at present)? Who has experience in using apsfilter on an Epson?
Please, answer...
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