On Fri, 18 May 2001, Joel Mayes wrote:
>
> On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 10:45:00PM -0500, Dana J . Laude wrote:
> > On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:29:12 Joel Mayes wrote:
> > > G'day All,
> > >
> > > I'm running Debian testing with kernel 2.4.4 and can not get my
> > printer
> > > ( a HP deskjet 690C ) to work, I have the parport, partport_pc, and
> > lp
> > > loaded with the correct irq, ect settings. but any request to the
> > printer
> > > ejects a blank page, except the command 'lp foobar.txt' which
> > prints
> > > "No way to print this type of file, ASCII Text' on the top of the
> > page
> > >
> > > I'm using lprng as my printer spooler and
> > > I've used lprngtool to set the printer settings.
> > >
> > > Any advice will be repaid with bundle of good karma,
> >
> > I just reset my printer tonight, and the permissions are all
> > screwed up for lprng. Try running /usr/sbin/checkpc -f -V and
> > see what it says. This checks your printcap for proper
> > directorys and permissions. If it kicks out errors,
> > then su and run it again..., this will fix the permissions.
> >
> > Although I love debian, I think getting a printer to work
> > on this dist sucks. Just take a look at all the bug reports
> > for lpr, lprng and cups. Note meant as a flame btw, just
> > a "fix this, improve it *alot*" should be intended.
> >
> > Dana
> >
>
> G'day Dana,
> Thanks for the reply I've followed your advise but still no
> luck, ( no change at all actualy ) just a black page or a
> "No way to print this type of file, ASCII Text' message,
> printed on the printer :(
>
> I'll agree with you about Debian though, it is the best Dist
> I've come acroos out of the 5 - 6 I've tried but it's also the
> only one hwere I can't get my !$$%@ printer to work
>
> Thanks
>
> Joel
>
Have you tried magicfilter and lpr? They worked pretty well for me.
Good luck,
Steve
