printing via USB on RH 7.1

[tim cutler]

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.

Any ideas about how to ping the USB device, the printer or just somehow 
get a handle on what the communication problem is here. I'm looking for 
any troubleshooting technique here.

Thanks.

	Tim