Re: Epson Stylus C80 and RH's printconf-gui

[Devon <devon tuxfan homeip net>]

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On Saturday 01 December 2001 07:41 pm, Oisin Feeley wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to set up an Epson Stylus C80 as a local printer on USB. 
> This printer is not even mentioned in the list on the printconf tool
> despite it being one of the "suggested" printers on the
> linuxprinting.org website. That site also suggests that using the
> "gimp-print" packages which provide Ghostscript with STP support is the
> way to go: http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/gs_stp.html Does anyone
> have any comments upon this as a useful route, also why does RH fail to
> include the EpsonStylus C80 in printconf? Thanks,
> -Oisin

Forwarded from the Redhat list:

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Resolved: Epson C80
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:54:28 -0800 (PST)
From: David Talkington <dtalk prairienet org>
 To: <linux moongroup com>, <redhat-list redhat com>
Reply to: redhat-list redhat com

 
Message was signed by David M. Talkington <dtalk prairienet org>
David Talkington wrote:

>Meanwhile, I've decided to gut LPRng and install CUPS with the latest
>gimp-print drivers, which are said to completely support the C80.
>We'll see.

That did the trick.  Follow these steps to make an Epson C80 sing on
Red Hat:

# rpm -e printconf-gui
# rpm -e printconf
# rpm -e LPRng

Get source code for cups-1.1.12 and gimp-print-4.1.99-rc1 (see
www.linuxprinting.org for info, docs, and links).  Unpack, and do:

# cd cups-1.1.12
# ./configure && make && make install
# cd ../gimp-print-4.1.99-rc1
# ./configure --with-cups
# make && make install
# /etc/init.d/cups start

Open a browser, point it at localhost:631, and configure your printer.

My thanks to Devon and Dave for the suggestions.  Hope this helps
someone else.

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Hope that helps,

- -D

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