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xijo
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Joined: 20 Sep 2003
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 Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 7:33 pm Post subject: printing: cat test.txt > /dev/usb/lp0 failed |
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hello,
i have the epson cx5400 printer which should run with gimp-print.
hotplug and cupsd are started.
| Quote: | Module Size Used by Tainted: P
printer 7680 0
uhci 28368 0 (unused)
ehci-hcd 22056 0 (unused)
usbcore 72128 1 [printer uhci ehci-hcd]
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| Quote: | usb.c: USB device number 3 default language ID 0x409
Manufacturer: EPSON
Product: USB MFP
SerialNumber: NDO500311011524540
usb.c: unhandled interfaces on device
usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x808) is not claimed by any active driver.
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usb.c: kusbd: /sbin/hotplug add 3
usb.c: registered new driver usblp
usb.c: ignoring set_interface for dev 3, iface 1, alt 0
printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0808
usb.c: usblp driver claimed interface d669e398
printer.c: v0.11: USB Printer Device Class driver
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this are quotings from my lsmod and dmesg
looks very good yet ..
now i try to
cat test.txt > /dev/usb/lp0
but nothing happens. no error-msg. the printer doesn't respond.
any ideas what could be the problem and how to solve it ?
greetings and merry chrismas
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jkalderash
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Joined: 07 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:18 am Post subject: |
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I'm aware that this reply is very late, but I came across your post while trying to figure our the same problem for my Epson Stylus C80. Looking around the linuxprinting.org site, it says that the 5400 is compatible with the C84, which says:
| Quote: | This printer cannot be tested by sending plain text to it, as the printer may or may not respond to the text. The recommended way to test the connection is by checking the ink level with the escputil command as follows:
escputil -i -u -r /dev/lp0
where /dev/lp0 should be replaced with the name of your printer port. |
Source for this is http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Stylus_C84. Same thing for mine - I'm emerging gimp-print as I type to test out this escputil thing. Good luck!
-Laura
EDIT: Yup, seems to be able to read the ink levels just fine. Now just to tackle that printing thing. |
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xy77
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Joined: 22 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hi there,
I used the usb device, since the parallel won't work. But I get the error:
| Code: | | Cannot parse output from printer |
Status message (escputil -s -u -r /dev/usb/lp0) reads:
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
- xy77 |
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Slurp53
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Location: Iowa
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| Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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Are you sure you shouldn't be using | Quote: | | usb.c: registered new driver usblp |
something like /dev/usblp0?
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xy77
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Joined: 22 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:45 pm Post subject: mtink |
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I found the program net-print/mtink of use for my C84 ink problem. Maybe you want to give it a try. It seems to work with many Epson Printers.
- xy77 |
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