Try to put in the printer URI in the print command line in printer share in smb.conf. instead of -Pepson or what your printer is called. ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Dekkers <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 09:23:02 +0800 To: edwin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,General Red Hat Linux discussion list <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: USB Printer > Edwin Humphries wrote: > > > On 31 Mar 2004 at 8:58, Edward Dekkers wrote: > > > > > >>Edwin Humphries wrote: > >> > >>>We're trying to share an Epson USB printer via Samba on our new Fedora server. > > > > > >>>The share is set up OK, and can be seen and opened from Windows clients. > >>>However, although the Fedora box can print to the Epson, the Windows boxes can. > > > > > >>I'm assuming this is a typo, I'm sure you wouldn't be posting if they > >>can both print OK. > > > > > > Yes, sorry: should read "can't". > > > > > >>>All other Samba shares, including a laser printer connected to the parallel > >>>port, work fine. > >>> > >>>Does anyone have a clue how to fix this? > > > > > >>Please tell us EXACTLY what's happening. Just saying something doesn't > >>work really isn't good enough to guess what is going wrong. > > > > > > I've checked the port settings on the Epson driver: if I install it from the Epson > > CD, it's set to LPT1: and can't be changed, so that doesn't work. If I install it > > from the Add Printer "wizard", the job (usually print test from windows) shows up on > > the Epson Status Monitor showing a connection error. > > OK, forget the status monitor for starters - this is simply not going to > work over the samba share, as it relies on the Windows driver. Linux > doesn't have the Windows driver, hence the status monitor is not going > to work. > > I cannot remember EXACTLY what I did to get my C82 working like your > configuration, but I do remember I had to change something inside the > cups configuration files to set the cups system to RAW printing mode. > > I found the answer on the net at that stage, and since the printer is no > longer on my server, I cannot give you the exact answer. The reason I > took it off the server and shared it with a real windows PC instead is > because the C82 has 4 ink cartridges, yet only 1 ink out indicator. The > status monitor is the ONLY way to see which ink is out. Really stupid on > Epson's part, they obviously assumed everybody in the world runs > Windows, but nothing I can do about it. The earlier printers with 1 > black, 1 tri-colour DID have 2 ink indicator LEDs, this has only become > a problem in the recent models. > > Just having a look in /etc/cups right now, I've found it again. There's > two files: mime.types and mime.conv > > BOTH have a section in there called RAW printing support. I simply > un-commented those lines (as instructed in the comments), and hey > presto, I could print to the Epson. > > However - You haven't given us the model of the Epson, but if you have > less ink indicator LEDs than actual inks inside the printer, you really > do need the monitor unless someone's written a clever program for Linux > to monitor this for you. > > Regards, > Ed. > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- _____________________________________________________________ Web-based SMS services available at http://www.operamail.com. >From your mailbox to local or overseas cell phones. Powered by Outblaze -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
