problem with printers.


Subject: problem with printers.
From: Craig Longman (craigl@begeek.com)
Date: Thu Jul 12 2001 - 19:57:23 EDT


hi there,

i'm trying to use netatalk and cups to allow my (old) mac to talk to a
new epson printer i bought. i have cups working very well from three
different linux boxes, but i cannot seem to get the printer working. at
first i had thought it was a cups problem, but now i'm pretty sure cups
isn't even getting a chance to reject the job.

here is my papd.conf:

Epson 880 (Linux):epson_880@gamera:\
  :pr=|/usr/bin/lpr -d epson_880:\
  :op=operator:\
  :pd=/etc/cups/ppd/epson_880.ppd:

and i can find that printer when i choose 'LaserWriter 8' in the control
panel. everything seems to go well, the printer is created on my
desktop and it is available to programs. however, if i try and print,
after a little while i get an error # -192 pop up on the mac, and the
following shows up in my log:

Jul 12 19:51:38 papd[3590]: child 3611 for "Epson 880 (Linux)" from
65280.173
Jul 12 19:51:38 papd[3590]: child 3611 done

not very helpful. i cannot seem to find anyway of trying to figure out
what might be going wrong. how can i increase the logging level, or
does anyone have any ideas about what i can try to do to fix this? i'm
really anxious to get this mac up and running, and had thougth it would
be much easier than this. perhaps i just missed a basic step?

sincerely,

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