spinynorman Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 The Epson C62 is explicitly supported in Mandrake 9.1, but I can't get it to work. I have installed the latest updates. The printer isn't auto-detected, so I have set it up manually via PrinterDrake. There are 3 drivers to try and none of them gives a test print. The printer does nothing and there is no error message. In CUPS, the status is shown as "processing...". As suggested in another thread, I have tried echo "hello" > /dev/lp0 which firstly fails with 'permission denied'. As root, it gives 'device or resource busy', although the failed job was deleted, and CUPS shows the printer as idle, accepting jobs. BTW, when trying to changing permissions with UserDrake, I got cannot lock user lib, file /etc/ptmp or /etc/gtmp exist Can I just delete these files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjc Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 I have a C82 and HP 6P (laser) hooked up to my work computer which is dual boot (win98/MDK 9.1)..both installed normally. HP is on the parallel printer port lp0, the C82 is connected by USB...(I forget the designation...plug and forget...that's me) Stupid question...have you checked your cables? If you are using a USB connection try unplugging and then plugging into a different port. Then run printer drake again. If no one else responds by tomorrow morning I will check my configuration at work and see what it says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinynorman Posted July 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 Thanks cjc. Having looked more closely at the cable, I have discovered that the 'expert' who installed the printer, had connected it to the RJ-45 socket instead of the usb. Printer is now working nicely! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjc Posted July 6, 2003 Report Share Posted July 6, 2003 I'm glad it was something simple...happens more often than you would believe...enjoy printing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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