Epson Stylus C86 Printer

[Mike Jeays]

On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:44, dgmm wrote:
> On Monday 16 May 2005 02:35, Mike Jeays 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.
> 
> Try /dev/unlpt0
> 
> Note the "n" ;-)
> 

That was a really useful hint, thanks!  escputil now works, but my
ghostscript filter still needs work.