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Will Dyson wrote in reply to:
> What cups and lp related packages do you have installed?
CUPS: 1.1.x lp - haven't a clue.
You should have cupsys-client installed to provide all the lp* commands. But if it worked before, I'm sure you have that.
> What steps have you taken to configure the printer with cups? Have > you setup the printer through cups's web interface, or by editing > the config files directly? > What, exactly, do you mean by "reinstalled the printer driver"?
Delete the printer, then re-install it thru the CUPS web interface. S/W: Epson Stylus Photo 870 Foomatic/Stp870p.upp (recommended)
You probably want to be using the gimp-print driver (debian package cupsys-driver-gimpprint) for that printer. You can then remove the foomatic-ppds package for a much cleaner list of available print drivers.
One clue: Weird ... yesterday, when I was stumbling around in CUPS, when I chose "modify printer" I got an error message ... but not today.
Another clue: lpoptions -p /dev/usb/lp0 -l lpoptions: Destination /dev/usb has no PPD file!
Where _does_ the PPD file belong ?
It belongs in /etc/cups/ppd/<printername>.ppd. Printername must be the exact name of the printer, as setup in cups. The cups web setup should do this.
What do you see in /etc/cups/ppd/ right now? Can you post your printers.conf file? What happens when you print a self-test page from the cups web interface?
Also, you are misusing the -p option to lpoptions. It wants the name of the printer (as shown in printers.conf and the web interface), and _not_ the device file for the printer.
The lpoptions man page is really not clear on this. Perhaps you should file a bug report.
Example: 'lpoptions -p Sytlus-C86' (becuase my printer is named "Stylus-C86" in cups).
-- Will Dyson http://www.lucidts.com/ Linux/Mac/Win consulting ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug