[Techtalk] printer help needed

[Conni]

On Apr 27, Akkana conjectured:

> I'd recommend first reinstalling any printing packages from your
> CD set that you think might possibly have been damaged when RPM hung.

I had to reinstall gnomeprint and libgnomeprint.  I still can't seem to
add the printer.  The epscutil commands in the README indicate that
unidirectional and bidirectional communication is happening (I got the
test-pattern to print, and it told me how much ink was in the cartridges),
but printtool/printconf don't have the right driver.  I tried a couple
other drivers, and they almost worked - the test page just printed
infinite blank pages.  (Which is at least *something* because before it
wasn't printing /any/ pages, blank or otherwise.)

I can't get it to configure with foomatic.  Is there some list of what
printers and drivers are called to go with it?  Is there a special command
you need to use with lprng?

> Of course my printer isn't the same model as yours, so no guarantees,
> but it's worth a try.  Too bad setting up printing is so complicated!

I know!  I'll at least know what to do when I set up my vaio next week...

Conni
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