If I remember correctly, I had a problem printing on my Epson 640 on my origional Linux distro (Caldera 2.2). Finally, I went to the caldera help database and they had a printcap file you could manually type in and then my printing worked. For all I know, it may still be there on their database (search for "epson" under their 2.2 version). After I put manually created printcap filter in, it printed fine. You'll get a ton of these, but you may want to switch to a newer distro. If you've got slow hardware, Mandrake 7.0 found my epson right away, and 7.2 has specific drivers for the 6x0 series. YOu may like what you've got, but it's just a thought. Wes On 02 May 2001 14:49:41 +0000, gwlt@ma.ultranet.com wrote:
I have been making myself at home in KDE 1.1.2 under Linux 2.2.15-4mdk and have managed to slowly get most functionality off of the old Windows half of the dual boot drive. There is one major impediment to moving over entirely: I cannot print. I have an Epson Stylus Color 660, and can not make it work, reconfigure and test as I try. If I am not mistaken the system is using a ghostwriter filter that generically addresses Epson Stylus Color printers (I have tried all sorts of earlier drivers and generic options within this.)
When you go to the setup and configuration there is no auto detect of the printer and type, You must manually chose it, and when you try any form of a test print you get: "Waiting for lp0 to become ready (offline?)" If you try to test print from RHLinux Print System Manager ASCII directly you get: "Couldn't write file "dev/lp0": no such device" When I try to print from an app. I get: "lpr: lp: lp: unknown printer"
If you can spare a few seconds I would be thoroughly grateful for your