ports/122691: Epson and Canon backends missing from gutenprint port(s)

[Steven Friedrich]

>Number:         122691
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Epson and Canon backends missing from gutenprint port(s)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Apr 12 12:30:01 UTC 2008
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Steven Friedrich
>Release:        7-RELEASE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD laptop.StevenFriedrich.org 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #123: Thu Apr  3 22:10:13 EDT 2008     root at laptop.StevenFriedrich.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/LAPTOP  i386
>Description:
I think the gutenprint ports, probably gutenprint-cups specifically, are 
missing backends for Canon and Epson printers.

Here's the email I sent to -ports and -questions.

No response from -questions...

I can't get this printer to work at all.  I've been to cups.org, avasys.jp, 
and http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/OpenPrinting to no avail.

I already had cups installed and working under FreeBSD from a LONG time ago. I 
used to use it with an HP DeskJet 560C.  Later, I bought a Brother monochrome 
laser with BR-Script (their version of postscript). That printer was EASY to 
get working, because Brother supplied a .ppd file.

I googled my tail off.  

The OpenPrinting database said to use gutenprint, which I didn't have 
installed, so I installed it and in cups, I removed the printer and re-added 
it using the gutenprint ppd apropriate for the CX8400.

When I print a test page, it just prints garbage.

This printer is a USB printer and I added device ulpt and it shows up with 
usbdevs:
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
  uhub0
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
  uhub1
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
  uhub2
addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel
  uhub3
 addr 2: USB Receiver, Logitech
   ums0
addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel
  uhub4
 addr 2: USB2.0 MFP(Hi-Speed), EPSON
   ulpt0
   umass0

It works under WinXP Pro and I bought this printer because it was pretty cheap 
and I needed one quickly.   But Epson put a lot of money into CUPS and I 
can't believe this is so friggin' hard to get it to work.

I think the handbook could use some more troubleshooting info for usb 
printers.  This printer, from what I read on the Internet, will support 
printing us-ascii, so I tried to send an ls -l > /dev/ulpt0 device, but it 
didn't even print that.

I also noted that the gutenprint users manual says I should have an epson 
backend in /usr/local/libexec/cups/backend. I don't have one. How do I get it there?

What am I missing?
>How-To-Repeat:
I believe that no one can currently get an Epson or Canon printer to work under FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE because the backends are missing from /usr/local/libexec/cups/backend.

Install CUPS and gutenprint and try to configure an Epson Stylus CX8400 for example.
>Fix:


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