How to install Epson Stylus Photo 750 printer Solved
How to install Epson Stylus Photo 750 printer Solved
I installed Puppy Linux (live CD) today. Itś beautiful and exciting to use. However, I can
No, I didn't. Maybe a should do another download and make a checksum (I'll have to learn how to do this). I'm having trouble configuring my sound card, too, and that might be the same problem.Ian wrote:If you are running from a live CD did you check the download for errors, this is explained on the download page at Barrys main Puppy site.
Thanks for your help.
Typed "printerwizard.sh at the console and got the wizare.MU wrote:type
printerwizard.sh
in a consolewindow.
Do you get an error-message?
Please post the text the console shows here.
Mark
Chose Epson Stylus Photo
At the next step, chose Epson, though "HP Lazerjet was highlighted in red and I couldn't remove highlighting. My printer when I clicked it was highlighted in black.
put in /dev/lp1 as directed (my printer is on LPT1 port)
In console got this error message: error parsing /etc/pdq printrc, line 72 unknown keyword "stylus"
Went to file and edited name of printer, taking out spaces.
still nothing when I tried to print a test file from abi-word. Screen showed "printing page 1," but no action.
When I press the printer icon in abi-word I get a dialogue that just shows "Generic Postscript" and "create PDF," not my printer as an option.
Is there any hope here? I greatly appreciate your help.
There seems to be a problem with the /etc/pdq/printrc file.
Click on 'Show/hide hidden files' in /root (this is the directory that opens in rox or home when you open the them), click on .etc then pdq (these are blue folders), then right click on printrc and select 'Open As Text' and scroll down to line 72.
Try installing your printer again and see if the printrc file changes this line.
Click on 'Show/hide hidden files' in /root (this is the directory that opens in rox or home when you open the them), click on .etc then pdq (these are blue folders), then right click on printrc and select 'Open As Text' and scroll down to line 72.
Try installing your printer again and see if the printrc file changes this line.
Int the printrc file I found my printer, with the info I had put in:Ian wrote:There seems to be a problem with the /etc/pdq/printrc file.
Click on 'Show/hide hidden files' in /root (this is the directory that opens in rox or home when you open the them), click on .etc then pdq (these are blue folders), then right click on printrc and select 'Open As Text' and scroll down to line 72.
Try installing your printer again and see if the printrc file changes this line.
driver=ijs-escp2-750
interface=local port
and so forth.
Used the Printer Manager to add a new printer "Epson-Stylus-Photo-750" with the same info; made that my default.
Still nothing when I try to print. Again, the print dialogue gives me only "Generic Printer" and "Create a PDF" as options. Anyway, the window says "Printing Page 1" for a few seconds, but deathly silence prevailing.
I know this will sound tedious but could you go through the process again.
I would recommend that you first open 'Xpdq print a file' in Start/Utilities and delete the printers that you have installed then close that and open the printer wizard.
This time when you install your printer could you please make a note of the settings you use in every step of the install.
I would recommend that you first open 'Xpdq print a file' in Start/Utilities and delete the printers that you have installed then close that and open the printer wizard.
This time when you install your printer could you please make a note of the settings you use in every step of the install.
How to Install Epson Stylus Photo 750 Printer
Here is the information you requested. Thanks again for your help:Ian wrote:I know this will sound tedious but could you go through the process again.
I would recommend that you first open 'Xpdq print a file' in Start/Utilities and delete the printers that you have installed then close that and open the printer wizard.
This time when you install your printer could you please make a note of the settings you use in every step of the install.
Following your instructions, I deleted my Epson Stylus Photo 750, using the xpdq Printer Manager, then added a printer with these settings:
Name: Epson
Location:
Model:
Driver: ijs-escp2-750
(lhp Lazerjet 5 was as always highlighted in pink -- can't change this)
Parameter: letter
Interface: local-port
Parameter /dev/p0 (also tried /dev/p1)
When I tried to print a test document from Abi-Word, this was the info in the print dialogue:
printer: generic postscript (on this and "create PDF" was available)
setting: default
location : lpr
When I pressed Print, the bottom of the document screen showed "Printing: page 1" but nothing happened.
The Print Manager showed that a document had been "finished":
filename: stdin
status: finished
file type: postscript doc to printer
I'm sure NASA has more important problems, but none, I think, more troubling.
How is your printer connected to your machine, is it via your parallel or serial port connection or by USB.
During setup you must define which it is.
When you come to the add printer section and are asked to select an interface select local-port, next enter /dev/ lp0 in Name of device if it is connected to your printer port.
When you make it the default printer try also setting the interface to Set EOF and make that default.
You may have to try different settings depending on how your printer is connected to your machine.
During setup you must define which it is.
When you come to the add printer section and are asked to select an interface select local-port, next enter /dev/ lp0 in Name of device if it is connected to your printer port.
When you make it the default printer try also setting the interface to Set EOF and make that default.
You may have to try different settings depending on how your printer is connected to your machine.
It's a parallel port LPT1. I think I have done the settings you suggest, but I'll try again from scratch. Thanks for your interest. If I can get the printer to work, Puppy will be just what I have been looking for.
Ian wrote:How is your printer connected to your machine, is it via your parallel or serial port connection or by USB.
During setup you must define which it is.
When you come to the add printer section and are asked to select an interface select local-port, next enter /dev/ lp0 in Name of device if it is connected to your printer port.
When you make it the default printer try also setting the interface to Set EOF and make that default.
You may have to try different settings depending on how your printer is connected to your machine.
Epson Printer Successfully Installed!
Finally, I found my problem and fixed it, with the indefatigable help of MU and IAN. Thanks to them. If they need to go on a perilous journey, I'll go with them.
The fault was in the printrc driver. I found that in my many attempts to configure the printer, I had used different names for it (the instructions misleadingly say that the name is for personal use and doesn't matter). So when I edited the name of the default driver in the file to be the same as the one in the parameters (just "Epson"), it just worked, as if I had not been agonizing over it for a week.
So now I'm a proud Puppy owner. I expect we'll spend many pleasant days together in play and work.
The fault was in the printrc driver. I found that in my many attempts to configure the printer, I had used different names for it (the instructions misleadingly say that the name is for personal use and doesn't matter). So when I edited the name of the default driver in the file to be the same as the one in the parameters (just "Epson"), it just worked, as if I had not been agonizing over it for a week.
So now I'm a proud Puppy owner. I expect we'll spend many pleasant days together in play and work.