How to Print with CUPS using Pup2.00, Pup2.01, or Pup2.02

[gamfa]

Thanks for the ntip on usblp. That had me scratching my head for a while. I got my Epson C86 to work without perl but did have to load gimp-print. Was the same in 1.09, Optimized, 2.01, and in 2.02.

[gamfa]

Dis-reguard..double post. Board is sluggish today.

[dewdrop]

Thanks for the ntip on usblp. That had me scratching my head for a while. I got my Epson C86 to work without perl but did have to load gimp-print. Was the same in 1.09, Optimized, 2.01, and in 2.02.

Hi Gamfa,

That's great. Would you mind putting together a short step-by-step on how you got your printer working? I'm sure it would be appreciated by others that review this thread or the one by Rarsa for the Puppy 1xx series.

Printing with Puppy is still a "work in progress" and everyone that tries to get their printers working in Puppy (successful or still trying) add all kinds of knowledge when they tell us all when they are successful, or what they are attempting to do.

Thanks again.

dewdrop

[gamfa]

Ok..here is a little howto on gimp-print to get my Epaon Stylus C86 working on Pup 2.02. I use puppy in a hard drive install only. If you run only off live CD, somebody will have to add to this how-to if things need to be handled differently. A little bit about the app. first. Gimp-print has a multitude of printer drivers. Canon, Epson, HP, Okidata, some Lexmark, Apple, and even some label printers. You don't need the Gimp app. itself to load and use gimp-print (but it's very nice to have).

To start off, download cups-install.tar.gz from this thread

http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.p ... 49&start=0

and extract it per the instructions. You will have three scripts and a config tar.gz. The only two scripts you will need , at least for my Epson, is the cups-install.sh and espgs-install.sh. Run these two and you will have cups and espgs installed and configured on your box.

Now we need gimp-print. We're going to use the gimp-print from good ole daddy slack for version 10.1. While you are still hooked to the internet and you still have your console open, key in the following in your console....

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wget -c    ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-10.1/slackware/ap/gimp-print-4.2.7-i486-1.tgz <ret>

After wget does its thing, you will have the package in the root directory.

Do a ls command to be sure.

If it is indeed there, shut down your internet conn. and key in the following in your console...

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cp gimp-print-4.2.7-i486-1.tgz .. <ret>

That's a space and two periods on the end

That will copy the tgz file up to the next dir. level which is the main dir. tree.

Then key in..

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cd .. <ret>

again, a space and two periods

That changes your dir. up one level to the top of the main tree.

Do a ls command again. You should see the main tree and the gimp-print package.

Now key in

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tar -xvzf gimp-print-4.2.7-i486-1.tgz <ret>

You have just installed gimp-print and you are 99% finished.

When you untared the package it created a new dir. in the main tree called /install. There is a script file in that dir you need to run to set a couple of important symlinks. Key in..

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sh /install/doinst.sh <ret>

If you have a parallel printer, you are finished so re-boot the box.

If your printer is the usb type there's one last item. Edit /etc/rc.d/rc.local. You will see a line the goes..

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modprobe printer

change it to

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modprobe usblp

Save it and reboot the box.

After re-boot, open your favorite browser and go to localhost:631 and configure your printer and enjoy.

After your sure everything works, you can delete to gimp-print package from the main dir. tree along with the /install dir.

It's just that simple!

[dewdrop]

Ok..here is a little howto on gimp-print to get my Epaon Stylus C86 working on Pup 2.02. I use puppy in a hard drive install only. If you run only off live CD, somebody will have to add to this how-to if things need to be handled differently.
It's just that simple!

Hi gamfa.

Thank you very much for the "how to" with your Epson printer. Have you seen this thread? (it was posted after I asked you to do the how to, and it has the gimp-print file included):

http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=9876

If you feel like doing more testing with your printer, you might try a pristine install using this info.....merely a suggestion

dewdrop