On Wednesday 16 August 2006 03:11, José Alburquerque shared this with us all: >--> M-L wrote: >--> >--> >On Tuesday 15 August 2006 16:41, Marc Shapiro wrote: >--> > >--> > >--> >>This tells me where the printer is, but I still do not know how to > tell --> >>CUPS where it is. Do I put the full URI: >--> >>'hp:/usb/deskjet_5550?serial=MY27V1K2BY2L' into the location under >--> >>'Modify Printer'? >--> >> >--> >>Any help will be appreciated. >--> >> >--> >>-- >--> >>Marc Shapiro >--> >> >--> >> >--> > >--> >I have been trying to get my USB Epson C43UX printer to work on etch, > and have --> >not yet accomplished it. Worked a treat with Sarge. Seems to > be found as your --> >own. >--> > >--> > >--> On my system, I used a tool called 'foomatic-gui' for configuring my >--> printer. On my GNOME desktop, there's also another tool called >--> 'gnome-cups-manager' which can be accessed from the >--> Desktop->Administration->Printing menu, which also configures printers >--> "graphically". Both these tools "auto-detect" printers present on the >--> system. >--> >--> If your printer has already been configured, by running one of these >--> tools, it will be present as already configured. >--> >--> I don't know if you want to do this (I did and it worked perfectly fine >--> for me, making it easier for me to configure my printer), but if you >--> remove the present printer and simply "re-add" it (in one of those >--> tools), I'm sure it will auto-detect your printer. On my system, my >--> printer had to be connected and on for it to be auto-detected so I would >--> suggest that you make sure your printer is both on and connected! >--> >--> Finally, I believe there's also a command called 'printconf' which >--> attempts at configuring printers with CUPS on the console. I never >--> tried this one because I had success with the two tools I mentioned >--> above. HTH. >--> >--> -Jose
Thanks Jose, But none of this works for me, printconf or otherwise, I still get the same error when trying to print, a test page or otherwise:- Unsupported format 'application/postscript'! I maybe don't have something installed, but what that might be has me stumped. I installed everything I could think of, and still no joy. Thanks for your help though, more reading and looking. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated? .......................................Henry David Thoreau >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linux Debian Etch
