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[Ian Chapman]

On Tue, 2007-27-11 at 16:00 -0500, Ben Okopnik wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 10:03:00PM -0500, Ian Chapman wrote:
> >    Hi Ben, Ian in plain text I hope.  I had to add myself to the group lp and
> >    now I can print the text file
> >    head -60 /home/stanley82/Artwork/PCB_elements.fp/Trig_HS.fp > /dev/lp0
> >    which is a really good start.  I did it a couple of times.
> > 
> >        Going into System administration printing add printer (gnome cups ad)
> >    and something is detected on the parallel port but it does not know what. 
> >    I can tell it to use the parallel port and select Epson color stylus 660
> >    but I do not know where to find the driver (escp2-660 I believe) and i 
> >    since the printer was not detected it may not be a good thing to press on.
> 
> A printer driver just defines a set of codes that are sent to the
> printer to get it to perform specific actions. If you pick the wrong
> one, nothing bad will happen: the printer simply will not do what it's
> supposed to do, at which point you can try another driver.
> 
> The URLs I recommended list the specific driver needed for a given
> printer. I.e., the Epson 660 listing
> (http://linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Stylus_Color_660)
> gives the following info:
> 
> ``
>     Epson Stylus Color 660
>     Color inkjet printer, max. 1440x720 dpi, works Perfectly
>     Recommended driver: gutenprint (Home page, driver for: x86 32 bit, x86 64 bit, How to install)
>     Generic instructions for: CUPS, LPD, LPRng, PPR, PDQ, no spooler

Hi Ben,
	thanks again.  I've been through most of this stuff.  I junked all my
printers and made a new one using the web interface as the gnome
interface asks me to find a driver and I do not know were to look.
Printing a test page results in lots of top left only on other wise
empty pages.  It was fine using your head (head
-60 /home/stanley82/Artwork/PCB_elements.fp/Trig_HS.fp > /dev/lp0
) from a terminal window.  Now the printer is stuck in the middle of a
long long test page.  Going into gnome printer properties these are the
drivers which do not look at all like what I was expecting.

PCL 4
PCL 5
PCL 5c
PCL 5e
PCL 6/PCL XL  ;I'm using this one
ZjStream

I am using this connection
IPP Printer or printer on cUPS server (IPP)

available for experiment Windows, Unix and TCP socket

	Many thanks for your patience plane text Ian.


>  
> There's more info there, and a number of relevant links. Meanwhile, it
> looks like 'gutenprint' is the recommended driver.
> 
> >        My packet manager tells me ...
> >    Gutenprint - Top Quality Printer Drivers
> >    A very high quality package of printer drivers for Ghostscript and
> >    CUPS, mainly for Epson inkjet printers, but also for inkjets from
> >    Canon and HP, dye sublimation photo printers, and PCL laser printers.
> > 
> >    (Converted from a rpm package by alien version 8.65.)
> > 
> >        So I would be really pleased to receive another push in the back.
> 
> Install that package, and use the recommended driver in your CUPS
> configuration. I find their web interface quite easy to use.
> 
> 
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