[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-11-07 Thread Till Kamppeter
Turning into a question as this is not a bug. It is simply a piece of hardware which is not supported by our distribution and support cannot be added as no free software driver is available. ** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Converted to question: https://answers.la

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-11-07 Thread Till Kamppeter
There are some Japanese-market-only printers with firmware especially made for the demands of the Japanese language. These do not support PostScript or PCL but use a proprietary printer language. Probably your printer is such a device and the LP-M5000 is perhaps the same hardware but with a firmwar

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-11-06 Thread bsgcic
I found that rpm files exist for Turbo/RedHat/Fedora and for SuSE/Mandrake. I read a Japanese bbs that mentioned that the Turbo/RedHat/Fedora one is what should be used to make the .deb file. However, Alien is unable to create a .deb file. Possibly because the rpms are for i386 and I am using ub

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-20 Thread bsgcic
** Changed in: cups (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602976 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-20 Thread bsgcic
Please see attached configuration tst page. I attached as a pdf and as two jpg files (for each of the two pages). It does not appear to show which languages that it supports. However, I am pretty sure it supports PCL and PostScript. This is a common combination office color printer / copier / sc

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-20 Thread bsgcic
** Attachment added: "Epson_M5500_Status_Sheet_p2.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52198638/Epson_M5500_Status_Sheet_p2.jpg -- Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602976 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-20 Thread bsgcic
** Attachment added: "Epson_M5500_Status_Sheet_p1.jpg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52198599/Epson_M5500_Status_Sheet_p1.jpg -- Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602976 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-20 Thread bsgcic
** Attachment added: "Epson_M5500_Status_Sheet.pdf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52198589/Epson_M5500_Status_Sheet.pdf -- Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/602976 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscr

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-16 Thread Till Kamppeter
Can you print a configuration test page of the printer? This often shows which languages it supports. Perhaps it knows PCL or even PostScript.If these languages are not supported by your printer, you are out of luck and your printer is not supported under Linux. -- Driver for Epson LP-5500 series

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-10 Thread bsgcic
I did not see a suitable driver at http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/ I actually could not find an error in any of the logs. I had looked at that link when submitting the bug. It seems that Ubuntu thinks that the page is printed successfully. The printer even warms up. Just nothing prints out. --

[Bug 602976] Re: Driver for Epson LP-5500 series missing

2010-07-10 Thread Till Kamppeter
It is possible that the LP-M5500 is not compatible with the LP-M5000 so that the driver does not cover this printer. Please have a look at http://avasys.jp/eng/linux_driver/ to see whether there is a suitable driver for your printer. In addition, please also supply an error_log as described under