Well, I had heard that printtool was an easy program to use to set up my printer, so I upgraded to 2.2 in order to install printtool. What I didn't know was that printtool is a graphical program, and I don't run any XFree on my server, I don't even have a monitor or keyboard hooked up, just ssh access.
After I upgraded, I ran apsfilterconfig again. I chose the stcolor driver and the test page printed out beautifully. I was excited, thinking I had figured it out, but when I attempt to print a text file, the printer feeds the paper in, prints a little, then hangs with the paper halfway in. After a bit I push the paper feed button, and the printer has printed 'unknown device: escp2'. Should I be using the lpr command or something else? What else can I check? I'm pulling my hair out, here, guys. TIA... :) > It sounds to me that you didnt restart lprng after you configured your > printer. I'm using lprng, and apsfilter and my setup looks very similar > to yours. Check the paths for all the print filters, but what you > have looks very similar to what I'm currently using. > > > > On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 12:12:48PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote: > > Ment (may I call you Ment? ;), > > > > Thanks for your reply. :) Sometimes I feel pretty thick, since I've been > > using Debian for about 3 years and still stumble over stuff like this. > > *sigh* Anywayssss, you willing to spoon-feed me a bit, here? > > > > I already had gsfonts installed, so I installed apsfilter using dselect. > > It ran me through the config, and I chose the following printer: > > > > escp2: Epson ESC/P 2 language printers, including Stylus 800 > > > > I set the other values it asked for, and it finished, saying cheerfully > > 'we made it!'. ;) > > > > I then attempted to print a text file with: > > > > # lpr <file> > > > > and got this output: > > > > no printcap for printer 'ascii' > > job 'cfA758doma.mattyt.net' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > > > :sh: > > <snip> > > > > > I'm afraid I don't know where to go from here. BTW, I'm using lprng > > instead of lpr on a friend's suggestion ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), if that makes > > any difference. > > > > Hope I'm not too big a PITA. :) > > > > Cheers....................... > > > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Mental wrote: > Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt --Someday, I'll have a web page.--
