Epson C66 doesn't work with Epson drivers (print/pips-sc65_66s port)

[Chris Maness]

Chris Maness wrote:
> I originally posted this in -ports but despite some suggestions it is
> still a problem. Hopefully someone here may be able to shed some light?
>
> I'm (now) running
>
> *FreeBSD* postie 4.10-RELEASE *FreeBSD* 4.10-RELEASE #0: Tue May 25 
> 22:47:12
> GMT 2004     r... 
> <http://groups.google.com/groups/unlock?msg=57e1002676b041a9&hl=en&_done=/group/lucky.freebsd.questions/browse_thread/thread/c39a4602aa4702d3/57e1002676b041a9%3Flnk%3Dst%26q%3Dpips%2Bfreebsd%2Bcannot%2Bcommunicate%2Bwith%2Bprinter%26rnum%3D1%26hl%3Den>@perseus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
> i386
>
> I got my Epson C66 Photo up and running using CUPS, ESP Ghostscript, and
> the gimp-print drivers (using C64 since C66 isn't listed explicitly). It
> all works and I exported it through Samba and printed successfully from
> a Windows box :-)
>
> Then I found that the Epson KOWA drivers were in the ports -
> print/*pips*-sc65_66s - so installed them as they are better drivers,
> changed the configuration in CUPS as per readme-sc65_66s-cups but the
> *printer* wouldn't work.
>
> I deleted the *printer* and re-added it from scratch but still it won't
> work. When I click Print Test Page in CUPS the *printer* head "shuffles"
> which shows there is some communication with the *printer* but it just
> shows "Processing..." for a while then the job appears under Completed
> Jobs with a status of "aborted".
>
> I've set CUPS to log at debug2 level but that doesn't show anything
> useful (to me anyway):
>
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] [Job 32] cups->ppd = 0x83f5400
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] [Job 32] cups->ppd->flip_duplex = 0
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] [Job 32] width = 827, height = 1039
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] [Job 32] PageSize = [ 612 792 ],
> HWResolution = [ 100 100 ]
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] [Job 32] HWMargins = [ 8.400 35.400 8.400
> 8.400 ]
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] [Job 32] matrix = [ 1.389 0.000 0.000
> -1.389 -11.667 1088.333 ]
> d [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] PID 689 exited with no errors.
> d [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] PID 690 exited with no errors.
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] UpdateJob: job 32, file 0 is complete.
> d [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] UpdateJob: Removing fd 9 from InputSet...
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] CancelJob: id = 32
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] StopJob: id = 32, force = 0
> D [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] StopJob: *printer* state is 3
> d [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] StopJob: Freeing status buffer...
> d [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] SaveJob: Closing file 7...
> d [06/Sep/2004:20:08:51 +0100] SaveJob: Closing file 7...
>
> The ekpstm program (Status Monitor) shows a "Communication Error" and
> the *pips*-sc65_66s program shows "*Cannot **communicate* with a 
> *printer*" on
> the Utility tab.
>
> Can anyone offer any help/advice on this please?
>
> BTW, the port appears to be missing a build dependency for autoconf253 -
> my build stopped part way through as it couldn't find
> /usr/local/bin/autoconf253.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
>     
>
Did you every get this resolved?  (I know this post was very old)