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| 443242 | 2006-04-03 00:06:00 | I have been running Ubuntu for a few weeks now and I have since brought a new printer (Epson CX3700). My problem is that for the first time I am having trouble printing in linux. I guess this is the first time I couldn't just use a generic series driver. I have managed to get drivers installed (Epson makeS linux drivers) and I have the printer recognised but when I try printing it just shows "printing" next to the print job in the jobs list. When I get the printer properties it says status printing: starting ghostscript and never gets any further than that. This is the closest I've been with a linux distro having everything setup except games. Printing is the last thing left and I would very much like some help. |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 443243 | 2006-04-03 00:40:00 | When I set up printing in Linux, I use cups, gimp-print (supplies all the drivers) for my epson stylus c43ux. Is the printer usb? If so, does it show up when you run the command 'lsusb'? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 443244 | 2006-04-03 02:30:00 | yes I'm using cups too but it didn't have the drivers. once I installed the drivers then my printer showed up under local usb printer. Everything seems to be okay but nothing happens. |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 443245 | 2006-04-03 03:10:00 | Have you used cups gui to setup the printer? Open your browser, type in http://localhost:631 which will lead you to the gui to setup the printer. You have to make sure cups is started first (in Gentoo this is started with the command /etc/init.d/cups start .. not sure about Ubuntu .. try it) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 443246 | 2006-04-03 04:34:00 | It could be that the jobs have been processed and are waiting in the queue. They will be waiting for the printer to be connected. The previous printer. :) Unless you removed the old printer from the printing system or did a change in CUPS, that will still be the default queue. | Graham L (2) | ||
| 443247 | 2006-04-03 05:15:00 | Well I never set up the previous printer as it was out of ink when I installed Ubuntu. We actually brought the new printer because the old printer had increasingly expensive ink and the new printer is less than half the price on ink. I will try checking cups through my browser, thanks. I can't help thinking that the messahe under status "starting ghostscript" has something to do with it |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 443248 | 2006-04-03 05:25:00 | The system produces a PostScript file from the input. That is sent to the printer (through Ghostscript if the printer hasn't got a PS interpreter). It's a very good system, because it's easier to write drivers which take PostScript (a stable standard) as input than to try to keep up with changing OPS interfaces. Perhaps the problem is that you "managed to load" the Epson Linux drivers. Maybe it would have just worked if you had used the Printer Management page to "Add" a printer. ;) |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 443249 | 2006-04-03 06:42:00 | Perhaps the problem is that you "managed to load" the Epson Linux drivers. Maybe it would have just worked if you had used the Printer Management page to "Add" a printer. Would that I could've. There was no driver so i downloaded one and used alien to convert the rpm to a deb. Then I followed the instruction to install the driver. Then I used the gui printer tool to add printer and there it was CX3700 detected. Could ghostscript be not starting and if so how would I fix that? There's no challenge left in windows so here I am with linux. My free Ubuntu 5.10 cds I ordered have just arrived from europe |
apparition (3207) | ||
| 443250 | 2006-04-03 06:57:00 | I haven't really done much with CUPS except using it. :D It works for me. Ghostscript is just another programme ... it will have been installed because CUPS uses it. Try typing gs in a command window. (It will want to use X Window for output). That should run it in interactive mode. "quit" or Ctrl/C in the command window will kill it. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 443251 | 2006-04-03 07:05:00 | read linuxprinting (www.linuxprinting.org) There appears to be a gutenprint package for ubuntu..... |
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