-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 21 Aug 2005 10:07:50 -0400 Charles MacDonald <cmacd [ at ] telecomottawa [ dot ] net> wrote: > Mike Denhoff wrote: > > Charles MacDonald Thu Aug 18 15:38:50 EDT 2005 > > > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for Generic > drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbserial > drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core v2.0 > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 1 > alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x04B8 pid 0x0807 > drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usblp > drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver Well, it looks like the printer driver is loaded properly. > > linux:/home/cmacd # cat /home/cmacd/Desktop/Shipping.txt > /dev/usb/lp0 > linux:/home/cmacd # cat /home/cmacd/Desktop/Shipping.txt > /dev/usb/lp0 > > > both give nothing on the printer - I would guess it should, but I don't really know about usb printers. There is a note on linuxprinters.org that says this printer will print ascii text. Maybe someone on this list has a working Epson usb printer and would like to try "cat"ing a text file to it? > > I will save the rest, as I am still in the dark? > I don't know what else to suggest, except to look for error messages from CUPS. There is always the CUPS documentation. It looks like the new gimpprint 5.0-beta is promising better support for your printer. I'm off on vacation this afternoon. Good luck. Mike - -- Mike Denhoff (at home) gpg public key: http://istop.com/~denhoff/gpg/mike-denhoff.gpg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDCfd/VR+oGvNhgZkRAtdqAKDYaIz4flTiKTRTOFHcsK4dEDQS2gCgu3RG /g8SEUmrLntQNY9bHbac4os= =DJVv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----