Subject: RE: Printcap problem... EPSON almost there
From: Sean Page (spage@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca)
Date: Mon May 29 2000 - 11:19:24 EDT
Well, keep us posted on your progress, many of us are interested!
Thanks!
Sean
> ----------
> From: Tom Watson
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 2:18 PM
> To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: RE: Printcap problem... EPSON almost there
>
> On Thu, 25 May 2000 11:33:33 -0400 (EDT), netatalk-admins@umich.edu wrote:
> > Excellent!
> > How did you get the Epson driver to recognize the printer spool? I tried
> to
> > do the same thing, but was unable to get the printer to show up in the
> > chooser with the Epson AT driver...
> > I ended up using LaserWriter 8 with ghostscript for PS conversion...
> >
> > Sean.
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From: John Grieg
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:09 AM
> > > To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> > > Subject: Re: Printcap problem... EPSON almost there
> > >
> > > I have successfylly set up papd.conf with an Epson 3000
> > >
> > > File '/etc/netatalk/papd.conf':
> > >
> > > Epson \:EpsonLQ2:op=lp:pr=lp:
> > >
> <<<deletia>>>
>
> The 'secret' is to make the 'type' that is registered via 'papd' to
> be "EpsonLQ2". I found out by looking at some packet tracings of the
> NBP packets that the Epson chooser module emits. The ':' needs to be
> escaped (with a '\') since that is how the NBP software likes the
> entity passed to it. See nbp_name(3) for how things are parsed.
>
> I've got similar problems with an Epson Color Stylus printer. The spool
> is a little 'wierd'. I'm still investigating. But I see that you
> didn't need to specify a pipe as part of the printer. I haven't
> gotten THAT part to function yet.
>
> --
> Tom Watson Generic short signature
> tsw@johana.com (I'm at home now)
>
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