kslinux Posted November 21, 2009 Report Share Posted November 21, 2009 Hi! Please be patient with me. I'm a point 'n click type. I can follow directions (like posting output from the terminal), just help me out by providing me with very specific commands to type. I am still very much a newbie to this. I recently loaded Mandriva Power Pack 2010 onto a Sony Vaio laptop. Installation went OK. I then went to the "Configure your Computer" for hardware and started the process of setting up a printer. My printer was plugged in to a USB port (I have three (3). One (1) is being used by a wireless mouse). The wireless mouse is working flawlessly. The printer configuration routine recognized that I had an Epson C88 printer and appeared to load all the files. I pressed the "Print Test Page" and it is still at "Processing" in the Print Queue. The green power light is blinking on my printer, but nothing is being printed. I have tried looking through the forum to see if this has been addressed. If it has, please provide me a link. Thank you for your time and feedback. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 It would appear as though the wrong driver has been chosen for your printer. This does happen as Linux tend to provide a generic driver because the manufacturers fail to support Linux. If you have the driver CD for the Windows installation there will be a driver file on it which you can use. Insert the cd/dvd whichever it is and search for a file with a .ppd extension. If there is more than one, or more likely more than one version of windows chose XP, this may not be the right one but it usually is. When you have found the file make a note of where it is. Go into mcc and open the printer set-up dialog, and double click on the printer icon, then where it says make and model click the change button. When presented with a list of drivers select the radio button that says provide PPD file. Make your way to the file on the cd/dvd and use that driver. Click your way back to properties dialog and try another test print. Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2 Posted November 22, 2009 Report Share Posted November 22, 2009 According to your other thread about gnucash, you now have your software repos set up properly. So I would suggest that you install the task-printing-epson package from the repos, it will also install some dependencies including the proper gutenprint driver to be used with cups, and the appropriate PPD file for your printer. You may also want to install the mtink package. It's a nice configuration tool for epson inkjets that has a status monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kslinux Posted November 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 Thank you for the quick reply. The printer works! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 To help others with a similar problem it is helpful if you post your method of correcting the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 To help others with a similar problem it is helpful if you post your method of correcting the problem. Starting with Mandriva 2010.0 (or rather, cups 1.4.0) the first step is blacklisting the usblp module. Then of course, installing gutenprint, and picking the appropriate ppd via http://localhost:631 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSurfer60 Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 I am quite aware of the procedures to get printers working. :D My post was so that the OP may even add to his/her post how he did it, rather than just saying thank you it now works. Not in those words of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted November 25, 2009 Report Share Posted November 25, 2009 The usblp thing is quite new. Actually I do not know if the module is automatically blacklisted in 2010.0, but in regular circumstances cups 1.4.0+ will not detect the printer properly if usblp is loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest winddomino Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 You may also want to install the mtink package. It's a nice configuration tool for epson inkjets that has a status monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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