Hi, William. Thanks for the help! I had to emerge foomatic-filters-ppds, after which it was easy. My printer now prints.
Alan Mackenzie. On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 08:29:20PM +0800, William Kenworthy wrote: > rattus ~ # locate foomatic-rip > /usr/bin/foomatic-rip > /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip > /usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip > /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip > /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2 > rattus ~ # equery b foomatic-rip > --- Invalid atom > in /usr/local/portage/layman/sunrise/profiles/package.mask: Slot deps > are not allowed in EAPI 0: 'x11-wm/qlwm:3' > * Searching for foomatic-rip ... > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 > (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip > -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 > (/usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip) > ^C > rattus ~ # > > > > On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 12:18 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > > Hi, gentoo! > > > > I'm trying to set up my printer (a Samsung ML-1450 (which looks like an > > HP Laserjet)) according to the "Gentoo Printing Guide". There is no > > problem with the USB connection to it. > > > > I've got as far as printing a test page (in section 4). The page > > doesn't print. The error message in /var/log/cups/error_log is: > > > > Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "ML-1450" not available: no such > > file or directory > > > > The driver I've downloaded and installed is pxlmono (as recommended). > > > > I've tried emerge foomatic, to no avail. > > > > How do I get foomatic-rip and get it working? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > -- > William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> > Home in Perth! > >
