I can't really stand it anymore!
Well, these are the facts:

I have Slack 10.0 and CUPS server up and running.
Every application that came along the distribution's cds actually see my
Epson Stylus Color 980 printer, which is correctly installed.

But OpenOffice, Firefox and Mozilla only see a Generic Printer and obviously
do not print anything.

So, I have downloaded both .tar.gz and .rpm-converted-to-tgz 980 drivers
from here - http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_ink.html - and
installed them.

Now in /usr/local I have a folder called EPKowa containing Epson
drivers....but even after reading the README I'm not able to use them.

After launching #pips-sc980 I cannot use them as the utilities along this
program cannot communicate with my printer.

I'm in panic again.

Please, help me. Thanks!!!!

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Et circa horam Wednesday 07 of July 2004 23:14, clamavit Giulio Severini:

> I can't really stand it anymore!
> Well, these are the facts:
>
> I have Slack 10.0 and CUPS server up and running.
> Every application that came along the distribution's cds actually see my
> Epson Stylus Color 980 printer, which is correctly installed.
I can see you use KDE. Configure your printer (K --> Settings --> Printing
Manager) so KDE applications can use it. Then, run spadmin (OO printer &
fonts administration program) and enter "/opt/kde/bin/kprinter" in "Print
command" field. Do similar thing with Mozilla.
It should work excellent with any printer properly installed with CUPS.

Regards, jkb

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On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 23:14:55 +0200, Giulio Severini wrote:

> But OpenOffice, Firefox and Mozilla only see a Generic Printer and obviously
> do not print anything.

By default, Mozilla and Firefox look to
lpr- ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
To use cups, you need to add cups. Change the line to
lpr-cups ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
Probably something similar in OOo.

On 07.07.2004 23:14, Giulio Severini wrote:
> I can't really stand it anymore!
> Well, these are the facts:
>
> I have Slack 10.0 and CUPS server up and running.
> Every application that came along the distribution's cds actually see my
> Epson Stylus Color 980 printer, which is correctly installed.
>
> But OpenOffice, Firefox and Mozilla only see a Generic Printer and obviously
> do not print anything.

I had the same problem with my HP DeskJet 845C. Every KDE application had
recognized my HP printer over the CUPS, but
OO.org/Firefox/Thunderbird/Mozilla not, and I have found solution on this
group via http://groups.google.com, here's the link:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=h...rnum=27&prev=/

I had to done this: removepkg lprng, removepkg cups and then installpkg
cups. After that, all those applications that didn't work before, was
working now just fine :-)

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> By default, Mozilla and Firefox look to
> lpr- ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
> To use cups, you need to add cups. Change the line to
> lpr-cups ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}

This works but how to save the settings?

> Probably something similar in OOo.

Haven't found any similar.


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Giulio Severini wrote:

>>By default, Mozilla and Firefox look to
>>lpr- ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
>>To use cups, you need to add cups. Change the line to
>>lpr-cups ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
>
>
> This works but how to save the settings?
>
>
>>Probably something similar in OOo.
>
>
> Haven't found any similar.

In OOo, you use the 'spadmin' program to set your printer options.
1) Start up spadmin,
2) From the list of "Installed Printers', select the "Generic Printer"
3) Click the "Properties" button
4) Select the "Command" tab
5) On the text line, change the "lpr" command to "lpr -P<your-printer-name>"
6) Click the "OK" button
7) Click the "Close" button on the spadmin window

You can also /add/ printers, using spadmin


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On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:44:55 +0200, Giulio Severini wrote:

> This works but how to save the settings?

Start the print dialog with File-->Print
Select the properties button for PostScript/default and make the change in
there. Once it's changed, it stays changed until you change it again.

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 11:41:25 -0500, James Woodard wrote:

> On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 15:44:55 +0200, Giulio Severini wrote:
>
>> This works but how to save the settings?
>
> Start the print dialog with File-->Print
> Select the properties button for PostScript/default and make the change in
> there. Once it's changed, it stays changed until you change it again.

Is there a way to select what printer you want to use, other than going
through these motions every time? Firefox still only sees Generic Printer.

On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 18:49:33 +0000, Jack D. Ripper wrote:

> Is there a way to select what printer you want to use, other than going
> through these motions every time? Firefox still only sees Generic Printer.

I use Mozilla. Not FireFox. So I wouldn't know about FireFox.
In Mozilla, once the change is made, it stays until you change it again.

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> On Thu, 08 Jul 2004 18:49:33 +0000, Jack D. Ripper wrote:
>
>
>>Is there a way to select what printer you want to use, other than going
>>through these motions every time? Firefox still only sees Generic Printer.
>
>
> I use Mozilla. Not FireFox. So I wouldn't know about FireFox.
> In Mozilla, once the change is made, it stays until you change it again.

Firefox is like Mozilla: the "print" printer will remain named "Generic", but
will use the lpr command previously entered.

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