With help from the list I have configured my kernel for usb devices.
Now cat /proc/bus/usb/devices shows not only the hub but also an Epson
printer and lists its serial number - it knows its out there.
I have configured printcap to use /dev/usb/lp0. Still lp testtext (a
short text file) prints nothing.
I visited www.linux-usb.org where it is reported that this printer works
perfectly after being sent an initialization string uniprint
-dupBeginPageCommand="<00 00 00 1b01 . . .etc. Again a list member
suggested that uniprint is one of the printer definitions for ghostscript.
My version of gs I downloaded from the stable packages for the 2.2.19
kernel and it doesn't like that -dupBeginPageCommand.
There seems to be a possibility of putting a printer initialization
string in lpd an I am experimenting with this but have not got it right
so far.
Since /proc/bus/usb/devices knows the printer is there and the other
operating? system has no trouble using the printer on the usb connection
I feel there should be a simple solution.
Have I missed something obvious? I would greatly appreciate any
suggestions.
