Epson Stylus C86 Printer

Chris Hodgins christopher.hodgins at gmail.com
Mon May 16 15:03:01 PDT 2005


On 5/16/05, Mike Jeays <Mike.Jeays at rogers.com> wrote:
> I have just bought one of these printers, and am having trouble getting
> it to work with ghostscript. It is connected via a USB port, and it
> responds momentarily when I send anything directly to /dev/ulpt0.
> 
> I would appreciate the correct parameters for ghostscript - I think it
> should work with device ijs and 'server' ijsgimpprint, which has been
> installed in /usr/local/bin.
> 
> Some of the instructions recommend CUPS and FooMatic, and seem much more
> complicated than I ought to need for a local installation.
> 
> I tested the printer with Windows, and it does work.
> 

Install cups.
Install gimp-print with "WITH_CUPS" defined.
Turn on your printer and make sure the USB cable is in.
Start cups.
Browse to localhost:631 and go to the add printer section.
Add a USB printer and if you installed gimp-print with cups support
you should be able to choose the correct printer from the list.

Happy Printing. :)
Chris


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