Cups

[Malcolm Kay]

On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:46, Luke Kearney wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 20:13:36 +1030
>
> Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay at internode.on.net> spake thus:
> > On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 17:12, Luke Kearney wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I am having a troublesome time with CUPS and printing to an Epson
> > > PM-740DU inkjet printer. I have set up cups and it works to a degree. I
> > > can print test pages like there is no tomorrow but I cannot print from
> > > desktop applications let alone from any of the networked machines via
> > > samba. The client machines can browse and add the printer but they
> > > cannot print to it. I am using a fairly generic PPD for the printer as
> > > I could not find one for BSD in the ports and  linuxprinting.org didn't
> > > offer much joy. I understand that the printer is roughly equivalent to
> > > the Stylus Photo 780 ( max dpi 2880x720 , 6 colours ).
> > >
> > > When trying to print a txt file from the cmd line I get
> > >
> > > lpr: lp: unknown printer
> >
> > lpr is looking for the default printer named 'lp'. It seems you don't
> > have one ;)
> >
> > > /etc/printcap shows
> > >
> > > tamachi: $ cat /etc/printcap
> > > # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
> > > # /usr/local/etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
> > > # will be lost.
> > > # written for pips780
> > > pm780c|EPSON PM780C:\
> >
> > As it stands you will need to nominate the specific printer each time
> > it's used. # lpr -P pm780c
> > or
> > # lp -d pm780c
> >
> > To make it use this printer by default you must give it 'lp' as one of
> > its names as in: lp|pm780c|EPSON PM780C:\
> >
> > >         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pm780c:\
> > >         :mx#0:\
> > >         :sh:\
> > >         :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
> > >         :if=/usr/local/libexec/pips780/filter780.rev:\
> > >         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> > >
> > > # pips780  end
> > >
> > > actually having installed the pips780 file from ports I ran the setup
> > > script to get this into printcap. If I modify the printer via the CUPS
> > > interface it scraps all of the above and replaces it with one line
> > > which is the name I gave the printer in the setup.
> >
> > Malcolm Kay
>
> Thanks for the tip. I followed your suggestion and added the lp to the
> beginning of the printcap file and now it does spit out paper but the
> only text it outputs is
>
> Abort trap
>

Sounds as though the pm780c driver produces some incompatible code.

Think the pm-740du might be more or less Japanese equivalent of 
Stylus Photo 915 for which you may be able to find a driver.
(This is partly (largely) guess work, but is probably worth a try).

Malcolm Kay