On Dec 3, 9:28pm, tim cutler wrote:
> I just bought an Epson Stylus C80 for my linux box. I connected it to
> the USB port, and I think I have set up the printer per instructions at
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/ using "printtool", setting the device to
> /dev/usb/lp0. Print daemon is alive per /var/log/messages. Per the web
> site, this printer is very linux friendly using ghostscript.
>
> And nothing comes out of the printer. Printer standalone self-test page
> is okay. I tried cat'ing a file to /dev/usb/lp0 and the command executes
> immediately with no response from printer. Also, cat'ed to /dev/lp0 and
> that command hangs, which seems to indicate that that is the port that
> the printer wants to use. So, I'm wondering if the linux S/W is confused
> about how to talk to the printer. Or, the USB port is not set up right.
Why do you think that the file should print if you ``cat'' it to the
printer device? Have you tried the ``lpr'' command?
Kevin
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