Newbie Needs Printer Advice
I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo OK /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Needs Printer Advice
Clyde Wilson wrote: I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo OK /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? You can find information about all sorts of printers at http://linuxprinting.org/ Also, make sure you have the usb printer module in the kernel enabled (search by using modconf, in the usb section (in my 2.6.6 custom kernel it's under kernel/drivers/usb/class, called usblp) HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Needs Printer Advice
--- Clyde Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo OK /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? Are you using udev ? which kernel is your system running ? Several days ago, this happen to me. The solusion is : cd /dev /sbin/MAKEDEV usb I'm running sid kernel 2.6.5. --welly-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Needs Printer Advice
welly hartanto wrote: --- Clyde Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo "OK" /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? Are you using udev ? which kernel is your system running ? Thnks for the help, Welly. I really appreciate it! I don't know if I'm using udev. What is it? My kernel version is 2.2. Several days ago, this happen to me. The solusion is : cd /dev /sbin/MAKEDEV usb I did this and it did create /dev/usb which is a directory full of lp0 etc. Is there a simple command like 'echo "OK" /dev/usb/lp0' that will print something? I'm running sid kernel 2.6.5. --welly-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Domains Claim yours for only $14.70/year http://smallbusiness.promotions.yahoo.com/offer
Re: Newbie Needs Printer Advice
Joris Huizer wrote: Clyde Wilson wrote: I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo OK /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? You can find information about all sorts of printers at http://linuxprinting.org/ Also, make sure you have the usb printer module in the kernel enabled (search by using modconf, in the usb section (in my 2.6.6 custom kernel it's under kernel/drivers/usb/class, called usblp) Thanks for the speedy answer, Joris. I tried modconf, but I can't find anything to do with printers or usb devices. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Needs Printer Advice
Clyde Wilson wrote: Joris Huizer wrote: Clyde Wilson wrote: I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo OK /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? You can find information about all sorts of printers at http://linuxprinting.org/ Also, make sure you have the usb printer module in the kernel enabled (search by using modconf, in the usb section (in my 2.6.6 custom kernel it's under kernel/drivers/usb/class, called usblp) Thanks for the speedy answer, Joris. I tried modconf, but I can't find anything to do with printers or usb devices. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Hello Clyde Wilson, Take a look here: http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Hardware/Getting_USB_and_Your_Printer_Working.html For usb printing, you'll have to upgrade to a 2.4 kernel - or a 2.6 kernel , but coming from 2.2 that'd be a big leap I guess. There are some 2.4 kernel images available as debian packages or you could try and compile a custom kernel. HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Newbie Needs Printer Advice
Joris Huizer wrote: Clyde Wilson wrote: Joris Huizer wrote: Clyde Wilson wrote: I have a printer that hooks up to my USB port. If I do a 'echo OK /dev/usb/lp0' I don't get any output. Is there something I need to do to get the right device? You can find information about all sorts of printers at http://linuxprinting.org/ Also, make sure you have the usb printer module in the kernel enabled (search by using modconf, in the usb section (in my 2.6.6 custom kernel it's under kernel/drivers/usb/class, called usblp) Thanks for the speedy answer, Joris. I tried modconf, but I can't find anything to do with printers or usb devices. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? Hello Clyde Wilson, Take a look here: http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Hardware/Getting_USB_and_Your_Printer_Working.html For usb printing, you'll have to upgrade to a 2.4 kernel - or a 2.6 kernel , but coming from 2.2 that'd be a big leap I guess. There are some 2.4 kernel images available as debian packages or you could try and compile a custom kernel. Thanks Joris, I'll give it a try. HTH, Joris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Printer advice EPSON 740
Hello list, I am running woody and am about to get my EPSON 740 printer up and running. What are the prefered way to do this ? I am thinking Ghostscript gimp-print stp driver what else ? magicfilter what are PDQ,CUPS,LPD ? can it help me ? Has anyone done this ? Do I have to get gs source and compile myself or are there a working solution in woody ? I have done this once before (not with stp) but from what I can remember there are no drivers (stp740...) included in the gs debian provides. Any help and advice in how to do this is most welcomed. Best regards Joakim
Re: Printer advice EPSON 740
I have set up my Epson 740 on Debian 2.2. Works perfectly. I set up three print queues (360x360, 720x720, 1440x720 resolutions). If you want I will email you instructions and GS drivers this evening when I get home from the office. Pretty simple. Probably about 15-20 minutes of work. email me if you want this info. -=[cwa]=- On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Joakim Svensson wrote: -| -|Hello list, -| -|I am running woody and am about to get my EPSON 740 printer -|up and running. -| -|What are the prefered way to do this ? I am thinking -| -|Ghostscript -|gimp-print stp driver -|what else ? magicfilter -|what are PDQ,CUPS,LPD ? can it help me ? -| -|Has anyone done this ? -|Do I have to get gs source and compile myself or are there a -|working solution in woody ? -| -|I have done this once before (not with stp) but from what I can -|remember there are no drivers (stp740...) included in the gs -|debian provides. -| -|Any help and advice in how to do this is most welcomed. -| -|Best regards -|Joakim -| -| -|-- -|Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -| --- Christopher W. Aiken Programmer Analyst UNIX System Engineering and CASE Tools [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ansys, Inc. 275 Technology Drive Canonsburg, Pa 15317
Re: Printer advice EPSON 740
I'd love that! Thanks
Re: Printer advice EPSON 740
I set mine up using Magicfilter. Would you e-mail instructions to me also, if it's not too much trouble? I don't think my Epson 740 is set up correctly although it seems to work fine. thanks -- Andrew On 01-Nov-2000 Christopher W. Aiken wrote: I have set up my Epson 740 on Debian 2.2. Works perfectly. I set up three print queues (360x360, 720x720, 1440x720 resolutions). If you want I will email you instructions and GS drivers this evening when I get home from the office. Pretty simple. Probably about 15-20 minutes of work.
Re: Printer advice EPSON 740
Joakim Svensson wrote: Hello list, I am running woody and am about to get my EPSON 740 printer up and running. What are the prefered way to do this ? I am thinking Ghostscript gimp-print stp driver what else ? magicfilter what are PDQ,CUPS,LPD ? can it help me ? Has anyone done this ? Do I have to get gs source and compile myself or are there a working solution in woody ? www.linuxprinting.org says the gimp-print driver is the best. I compiled a copy of gs-aladdin with that one included to create a deb. I have some filters for magicfilter too. Look at: http://www.mindspring.net/~keithmur/stp I'm going to try to put that stuff there sometime tonight. Did I mention that they work? :-) I have done this once before (not with stp) but from what I can remember there are no drivers (stp740...) included in the gs debian provides. You are correct, last time I looked.
Printer advice
Hi, I need to purchase a printer for my Debian box. Of course I want one that will be easy to install and run from Linux without problems. Please advice when it comes to purchasing an ink printer in the $150-200 class. TIA -- Regards, Christian Dysthe E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://oddbird.dyndns.org/cdysthe/ ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux Clones are people two
Re: Printer advice
Hi, Christian I think the series Epson Stylus Color exhibit several models at nice prices. After installing recode and magicfilter and using magicfilterconfig after deleting the current /etc/printcap file and the /var/spool/lpd/lp directory which are created by default, the installation is very smart. Christian Dysthe wrote: Hi, I need to purchase a printer for my Debian box. Of course I want one that will be easy to install and run from Linux without problems. Please advice when it comes to purchasing an ink printer in the $150-200 class. TIA -- Regards, Christian Dysthe E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://oddbird.dyndns.org/cdysthe/ ICQ 3945810 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux Clones are people two -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- A. Gustavo Gonzalez Universidad de Sevilla http://www.eumetrics.us.es Linux: Altus, Citius, Fortius
Re: printer advice
I am using an HP laser jet III that I got from a used computer store for $225. It was a reconditioned unit. Works great with ghostscript and magicfilter. For about $100 more I could have got the IIID version which prints on both sides of the paper (too bad, I wish I got a IIID before the last batch disapeared). The toner for the HP ljII, IID, III, and IIID (same one for all) is cheap ($40 for a repack, $60-80 for a new one) and they last for about 3-4 k pages). These printers run about 8 ppm and are real work horses. - On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Greg Norris wrote: Of course, any suggestions for alternate laser-printers which work well under Linux would also be greatly appreciated. The HP LaserJet 4M+ is a good printer with a lot of features. With magicfilter installed, it works like a charm. It's an older model, but you might be able to find someone who sell them. (Corporate Raider and A Matter of Fax are two companies that sell them; they advertise in _Computer Shopper_. I bought mine as new from Corporate Raider a few years ago for around $600.) _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
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Thanx to everyone who passed along their comments and suggestions regarding my query on the HP LaserJer 6Lse printer. Based upon your recommendations, I went ahead and purchased it (though I did follow up on sume suggested alternatives, as well). I set it up yesterday, using lprng and magicfilter, with virtually no problems whatsoever. Very nice. Thanx again for all of your advice!
printer advice
I'm planning to purchase a laser-printer in the near future, and am currently looking at a HP LaserJet 6Lse. I was wondering if anyone has used this model under Linux, and how well it performed if so. As near as I can tell it's not a winprinter, and it's print-language is Enhanced HP PCL 5 (which I believe is a superset of postscript, but might well be mistaken on that point). Of course, any suggestions for alternate laser-printers which work well under Linux would also be greatly appreciated. Thanx!
Re: printer advice
I'm planning to purchase a laser-printer in the near future, and am currently looking at a HP LaserJet 6Lse. I was wondering if anyone has used this model under Linux, and how well it performed if so. I use it with no problems here. Nice printer. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+
Re: printer advice
On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Greg Norris wrote: Of course, any suggestions for alternate laser-printers which work well under Linux would also be greatly appreciated. The HP LaserJet 4M+ is a good printer with a lot of features. With magicfilter installed, it works like a charm. It's an older model, but you might be able to find someone who sell them. (Corporate Raider and A Matter of Fax are two companies that sell them; they advertise in _Computer Shopper_. I bought mine as new from Corporate Raider a few years ago for around $600.)
Re: printer advice
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Norris) writes: As near as I can tell it's not a winprinter, and it's print-language is Enhanced HP PCL 5 (which I believe is a superset of postscript, but might well be mistaken on that point). No; it's a superset of HP's PCL (Printer Control Language) - a proprietary HP language. (PCL is kind of interesting; it reminds me of the good old days of sending escape codes to my parent's first dot-matrix printer, and yet one can do vector graphics with it) But that's ok; ghostscript can convert postscript into the PCL that was used on HP LaserJet 4's, so a simple little filter in /etc/printcap will take care of being able to print postscript. (or you could just take care of things by installing magicfilter which ends up moving everything through ghostscript)
Re: Printer Advice: HP 870C or Epson Stylus 800
According to Civ Kevin F. Havener [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I'm contemplating buying one of the two subject printers. Has anyone out there used either of these two printers under Linux? Easy to use under Linux is the key criteria. Color printing is nice to have but most of my important printing needs are black and white. Will use ghostscript. Epson has optional postscript. Anyone know what this is? Appears to be software (like ghostscript) that emulates postscript. Is it OS dependent as I suspect (resides on my computer) or is it actually installed into the printer? Any clues you can give me are appreciated. I just recently upgraded from an old NEC pinwriter to the Epson stylus color 800. I use magicfilter for printing and installation was as easy as it could be. After upgrading to ghostscript 4.x I could even print in color up to 720dpi. Ghostscript 5 even supports Epson's 1440dpi, but I'll wait for the debian package. I don't know anything about the postscript option, though. Bye, Andy. Andy Spiegl, University of Technology, Muenchen, Germany E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL:http://www.appl-math.tu-muenchen.de/~spiegl PGP fingerprint: B8 48 24 7B DB 96 6F 1C D9 6D 8E 6C DB C2 E7 E9 o _ _ _ - __o __o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) --- _`\,__`\,__(_) (_)/_\_| \ _|/' \/ -- (_)/ (_) (_)/ (_) (_)(_) (_)(_)' _\o_ ~~~ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Printer Advice: HP 870C or Epson Stylus 800
On Tue, 2 Sep 1997, Civ Kevin F. Havener wrote: I'm contemplating buying one of the two subject printers. Has anyone out there used either of these two printers under Linux? Easy to use under Linux is the key criteria. Color printing is nice to have but most of my important printing needs are black and white. Will use ghostscript. Epson has optional postscript. Anyone know what this is? Appears to be software (like ghostscript) that emulates postscript. Is it OS dependent as I suspect (resides on my computer) or is it actually installed into the printer? I have a EPSON Stylus COLOR 500 at home, and it is just *wonderful*! ^_^ I love it! And the EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 is even better, faster, and prettier! ^_^ I highly recommend EPSON Stylus COLOR 800! ^_^ (BTW, EPSON Stylus 800 without the word COLOR was an old black and white version. Don't get them mixed up. ^_^) Ghostscript 4.03 and 5.0x both work well with EPSON Stylus COLOR 800. In Ghostscript 5.0x, it supports 1440x720dpi printing too. The print quality is excellent under both Windows 95 and Debian GNU/Linux. Colour is really nice too! ^_^ Anthony -- Anthony Fok Tung-Ling[EMAIL PROTECTED] Civil Engineeringhttp://www.ualberta.ca/~foka/ University of Alberta, CanadaKeep smiling! *^_^* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Printer Advice: HP 870C or Epson Stylus 800
I'm contemplating buying one of the two subject printers. Has anyone out there used either of these two printers under Linux? Easy to use under Linux is the key criteria. Color printing is nice to have but most of my important printing needs are black and white. Will use ghostscript. Epson has optional postscript. Anyone know what this is? Appears to be software (like ghostscript) that emulates postscript. Is it OS dependent as I suspect (resides on my computer) or is it actually installed into the printer? Any clues you can give me are appreciated. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Printer Advice: HP 870C or Epson Stylus 800
On 03-Sep-97 Civ Kevin F. Havener wrote: I'm contemplating buying one of the two subject printers. Has anyone out there used either of these two printers under Linux? Easy to use under Linux is the key criteria. Color printing is nice to have but most of my important printing needs are black and white. Will use ghostscript. Epson has optional postscript. Anyone know what this is? Appears to be software (like ghostscript) that emulates postscript. Is it OS dependent as I suspect (resides on my computer) or is it actually installed into the printer? Any clues you can give me are appreciated. I've used an HP DeskJet 870Cxi, and HP LaserJet 5L at Work with Debian. The way I did it, was to create a small wrapper script around 'lpr', and then use ghostscript to interpret postscript for the printer. Apart from the fact that it required quite a large disk space for printing (about 100Mbyte for large files), it worked quite well. Netscape printout came in glorius colors :-) and I printed manuals up to 700 pages on the LaserJet. ...just me. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
