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

[Neil Aggarwal]

Bobby:

Someone else told me to run:
	up2date -u foomatic

and it worked.

Thanks for your help though,
	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 Wrenn, Bobby J.
> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 10:27 AM
> To: 'discuss at ntlug.org'
> Subject: RE: [NTLUG:Discuss] Epson Stylus color 860 USB under RedHat
> 7.2?
>
>
> 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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