Printer hell... cups + Epson Stylus C60

goron · n00b Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 68

I have been busy way too long again, with getting my printer(Epson Stylus C60) to work. I followed the instruction in the documentation of Gentoo. Affter that I followed the instructions of linuxprinting.org and finally some instruction of other people on the forum.
I get the following error, when printing the test page.
"Printer not connected; will retry in 30 seconds..."

I know the cable is plugged in and my printer is not dead (Windows works).
So what can I do?

I myself think it's a kernel issue. I have usbcore, compiled in my kernel and I think I have printer to. I don't have the modules.

Gentree · Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 2:09 pm Post subject:

may not be so bad

try adding another printer item from the cups admin.

cant say why but this has got me out of similar spot.

try installing turbo-print (free) drivers , That 's what I use with my epson925 photo and its outstanding.

HTH
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bk0 · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 266

Do you have the 'lp' module either loaded or compiled into the kernel?

goron · n00b Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 68

bk0 · Apprentice Joined: 04 Jan 2004 Posts: 266

Sorry, lp is actually for parallel port printers. I meant 'usblp'. For 2.6.x it's in Device Drivers->Character Devices->USB Support->Support for Host-side USB->USB Printer Support.

If it is a parallel port printer, 'lp' is in Device Drivers->Character Devices->Parallel Printer Support

goron · n00b Joined: 01 May 2004 Posts: 68

I got it working. It was a kernel issue. EHCI, UHCI. If it's detected at startup, stuff will general work.