Hello!
Has anyone had any luck getting CUPS to talk to an Epson Workforce 600 printer? I got pipslite and eklite.ppd extracted (and modified it to use Letter instead of A4) but I can't seem to get CUPS to talk succesfully with the printer. The printer configuration under Gnome widget does show that CUPS detected something (pipslite:...) but when I try to use it I get a wrapper error. The wrapper itself is in binary so there's not much I can make of it. This was done with the Workforce600 in wireless mode.
I've had no luck with various combinations so far with direct ethernet, wireless ethernet, http:, ipp:, lpd, socket: attempts.
Regards, Chip Campbell
Charles Campbell wrote:
Hello!
Has anyone had any luck getting CUPS to talk to an Epson Workforce 600 printer? I got pipslite and eklite.ppd extracted (and modified it to use Letter instead of A4) but I can't seem to get CUPS to talk succesfully with the printer. The printer configuration under Gnome widget does show that CUPS detected something (pipslite:...) but when I try to use it I get a wrapper error. The wrapper itself is in binary so there's not much I can make of it. This was done with the Workforce600 in wireless mode.
I've had no luck with various combinations so far with direct ethernet, wireless ethernet, http:, ipp:, lpd, socket: attempts.
I know this is a high-traffic list, so I hope you will forgive me a second try at getting a Brilliant Person's attention. Last try, though.
Thank you, Chip Campbell
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Charles Campbell Charles.E.Campbell@nasa.gov wrote:
Charles Campbell wrote:
Has anyone had any luck getting CUPS to talk to an Epson Workforce 600 printer? I got pipslite and eklite.ppd extracted (and modified it to use Letter instead of A4) but I can't seem to get CUPS to talk succesfully with the printer. The printer configuration under Gnome widget does show that CUPS detected something (pipslite:...) but when I try to use it I get a wrapper error. The wrapper itself is in binary so there's not much I can make of it. This was done with the Workforce600 in wireless mode.
I've had no luck with various combinations so far with direct ethernet, wireless ethernet, http:, ipp:, lpd, socket: attempts.
Well... according to the OpenPrinting database, it's not looking good:
http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Workforce_600
Akemi
Akemi Yagi wrote:
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 9:38 AM, Charles Campbell Charles.E.Campbell@nasa.gov wrote:
Charles Campbell wrote:
Has anyone had any luck getting CUPS to talk to an Epson Workforce 600 printer? I got pipslite and eklite.ppd extracted (and modified it to use Letter instead of A4) but I can't seem to get CUPS to talk succesfully with the printer. The printer configuration under Gnome widget does show that CUPS detected something (pipslite:...) but when I try to use it I get a wrapper error. The wrapper itself is in binary so there's not much I can make of it. This was done with the Workforce600 in wireless mode.
I've had no luck with various combinations so far with direct ethernet, wireless ethernet, http:, ipp:, lpd, socket: attempts.
Well... according to the OpenPrinting database, it's not looking good:
http://www.openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Epson-Workforce_600
Thank you for looking.
Whew! Finally found a method that worked -- had to buy a $40 USB cable, but with it I got the printer working under both WinXP and Linux.
Regards, Chip Campbell
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Charles Campbell Charles.E.Campbell@nasa.gov wrote:
Thank you for looking.
Whew! Finally found a method that worked -- had to buy a $40 USB cable, but with it I got the printer working under both WinXP and Linux.
What kind of USB cable costs $40? Is this one of those milspec things?
Just curious.
mhr
MHR wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Charles Campbell Charles.E.Campbell@nasa.gov wrote:
Thank you for looking.
Whew! Finally found a method that worked -- had to buy a $40 USB cable, but with it I got the printer working under both WinXP and Linux.
What kind of USB cable costs $40? Is this one of those milspec things?
Its a ten-foot USB cable from Best Buy.
Regards, Chip Campbell
on 10-23-2008 10:44 AM MHR spake the following:
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 7:15 AM, Charles Campbell Charles.E.Campbell@nasa.gov wrote:
Thank you for looking.
Whew! Finally found a method that worked -- had to buy a $40 USB cable, but with it I got the printer working under both WinXP and Linux.
What kind of USB cable costs $40? Is this one of those milspec things?
Just curious.
The Gold plated Retail ones that the Circuit City or Best Buy geeks try to sell you because they get commission.
The Gold plated Retail ones that the Circuit City or Best Buy geeks try to sell you because they get commission.
beware of geeks cause cause sometimes ya get freaks!
;->
http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/marketplace/geeks.wmv
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