[NTLUG:Discuss] Epson Stylus color 860 USB under RedHat 7.2?

[Wrenn, Bobby J.]

try a test print and then execute "lpq" from a CLI. That will tell you if
the job is in the queue.

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Aggarwal [mailto:neil at JAMMConsulting.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 9:56 AM
To: discuss at ntlug.org
Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Epson Stylus color 860 USB under RedHat
7.2?


Bobby:

Here is the result:
  892 ?        S      0:00 lpd Waiting  

So, it looks like it is running.

Any other ideas?

Thanks,
	Neil.

--
Neil Aggarwal
JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases

> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at ntlug.org [mailto:discuss-admin at ntlug.org]On Behalf
> Of Bobby Wrenn
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:36 PM
> To: discuss at ntlug.org
> Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Epson Stylus color 860 USB under RedHat
> 7.2?
> 
> 
> Is lpd running?
> 
> ps afx | grep lpd
> 
> Neil Aggarwal wrote:
> > 
> > Hello:
> > 
> > I am unsucessful in trying to get my epson stylus color 860 to
> > work under redhat 7.2.
> > 
> > Here is what I did:
> > 1. Plugged my printer into the first USB port on the back of the
> >         computer.
> > 2. Logged into KDE as root (I have the machine set-up to boot
> >         into graphical mode).
> > 3. Hit the "KDE Control Panel" icon on my desktop.
> > 4. Hit the "Printer Configuration" icon. This brought
> >         up the printconf-gui.
> > 5. Hit the "New" Button. This brought up the Add a new Print Queue
> >         dialog.
> > 6. Hit the "Next" button.
> > 7. For Queue Name, I put in "Epson".  I left the "Local Printer"
> >         check box selected.
> > 8. The devices list had these two items:
> >         /dev/lp0
> >         /dev/usb/lp0    EPSON USB Printer
> >    So I selected the /dev/usb/lp0 line and hit Next
> > 9. In the Printer Driver selection, I chose "Epson" and then
> >         "Stylus Color 860" and then "stp" (Which was listed
> >         as the best driver in the linuxprinting database) and
> >         then hit Next.
> > 10. On the confirm page, I had these items:
> >         Type: Local Printer Device
> >         Device: /dev/usb/lp0
> >         Driver: Epson Stylus Color 860 stp
> >      Everything looked OK, so I hit Finish. This closed the
> >         dialog.
> > 11. In the printconf-gui, I hit Apply.
> > 12. I went to Test - > ASCII Test Page
> > 
> > Nothing happened.  It seems like the system found my printer during the
> > config, but it is not able to print to it.
> > 
> > I don't see any error messages or anything else to try to figure out
> > what happened.
> > 
> > Any ideas??
> > 
> > Thanks,
> >         Neil.
> > 
> > --
> > Neil Aggarwal
> > JAMM Consulting, Inc.    (972) 612-6056, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com
> > Custom Internet Development    Websites, Ecommerce, Java, databases
> > 
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