run the following command from terminal: printconf-gui On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 22:54:57 -0600 (CST) Robert Brown <eli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > redhat writes: > > Well, I finally got a Linux compatible printer > (Epson). Now I need to > > find out again how to get it configured. > > > > I've tried PRINTERS, PRINTING, PRINTING MANAGER, > SERVICES, NETWORK > > DEVICE CONTROL and HARDWARE BROWSER. > > > > That's under KDE. > > > > I know I've seen it somewhere where you can tell which > printer you have > > so that it can chose the correct driver. > > I use an "Epson Stylus Color 600" printer (among others) > on my > network. It has a parallel interface, so the hardware is > known as > /dev/lp0 thru /dev/lp3 on my Red Hat 9 installation. I > have the > printer's interface cable plugged into the parallel port > that Linux > addresses as /dev/lp0. To send a file to the printer, I > just use: > > # cat file /dev/lp0 > > which will indeed transfer the file to the printer. > > Now I suspect when you used the work "driver", what you > meant was the > filter to transform a "normal" file into one that the > printer can > understand. > > Normally Epson printers can print a text file directly, > so if you do > this: > > # ls > /dev/lp0 > > you should see a directory listing come out on your > printer. > > However, you did not buy a color ink jet printer just to > prin ugly > black ascii text files, I am sure. In order to print > graphics on > these printers, you need to convert some other format > into a raster > that the printer can understand. Normally, Unix systems > like to use > postscript files as a standard way to talk to a printer. > That is what > I like to do. If the printer does not understand > postscript > internally, you have to convert the postscript into a > printer raster > by using ghostscript. > > The gory details of all this can be a pain, and it > depends on what > kind of printer you actually have. Even the model makes > a differecne. > You will have to determine what gostscript driver you > need to use to > generate a raster file that is compatible with your > printer, and what > options and parameters to feed it to make it work for > you. The man > page for ghostscript and the printing howto should be you > starting > point. > > I have always used the Berkeley printing setup -- for > years -- but > with my upgrade to redhat 9, I am going to try CUPS. As > of yet, I > have no experience with it. With the Berkeley setup, > there is a nice > thing called the magic filter that determines what kind > of file you > sent it and automatically converts it into the right > format for your > printer to understand. What this means in fact is that > it converts > everything into postscript, and then feeds it into your > ghostscript > printer filter you worked so hard to get working, and > then sends the > resulting raster file to the actual printer itself. > > The magic filter is nice, because then you can just send > a gif or jpg > file to the printer, and it "just works". If you use > other formats, > such as e.g. tex dvi pdf or whatever, you can set the > filter up to > work with them also. > > -- > -------- "And there came a writing to him from Elijah" > [2Ch 21:12] -------- > R. J. Brown III rj@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.elilabs.com/~rj voice 859 567-7311 > Elijah Laboratories Inc. P. O. Box 166, Warsaw KY > 41095 fax 859 567-7311 > ----- M o d e l i n g t h e M e t h o d s o f t > h e M i n d ------ > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list ___________________________________________ Look Good, Feel Good www.healthiest.co.za -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
