Installing Epson cx5200 usb printer
 

I am running Debian sarge on the 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel. I have been trying for 2 days now to print a test page to my Epson cx5200 printer without any success. I have followed the instructions on LinuxPrinting.org but to no avail. I downloaded pips rpm and used alien to convert it to deb and install that...nothing. I haven't gotten even a sound from my printer. When I dual boot into Windows, it works just fine, though. Does anybody have experience with installing any of the Epson printers in Debian? I could use all the help I can get.

Does my kernel default with USB support? I am not even sure that linux sees any of the ports. I have 4 usb ports on the back of my computer. I have used the web interface with CUPS at localhost:631/admin to set the device at /dev/lp0, /dev/usb/lp0, and /dev/usblp0, none of which work. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this anymore.

Here is my /var/log/cups/error_log:

D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->header.Duplex = 0
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->page = 2
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->ppd = 0x89fca50
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->ppd->flip_duplex = 0
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] width = 2976, height = 3741
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ]
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] HWMargins = [ 8.400 35.400 8.400 8.400 ]
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -42.000 3918.000 ]
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->header.Duplex = 0
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->page = 2
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->ppd = 0x89fca50
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] cups->ppd->flip_duplex = 0
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] width = 2976, height = 3741
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] PageSize = [ 612 792 ], HWResolution = [ 360 360 ]
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] HWMargins = [ 8.400 35.400 8.400 8.400 ]
D [08/Mar/2004:10:17:50 -0700] [Job 15] matrix = [ 5.000 0.000 0.000 -5.000 -42.000 3918.000 ]
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ReadClient() 5 GET /printers/scx5100_5200s HTTP/1.1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] CGI /usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi started - PID = 14342
I [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] Started "/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/printers.cgi" (pid=14342)
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] SendCommand() 5 file=9
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] AcceptClient() 8 from localhost:631.
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ReadClient() 8 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ReadClient() 8 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ReadClient() 8 POST / HTTP/1.1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] ProcessIPPRequest: 8 status_code=1
D [08/Mar/2004:10:18:23 -0700] CloseClient() 8
D [08/Mar/2004:10:19:33 -0700] CloseClient() 5

I have the same printer (CX5200) and it works flawlessly with cups. You need to make sure you have CUPS + Gimp-Print + Ghostscript all installed because you'll basically be using the gimp version of the Cups drivers. Following the www.linuxprinting.org instructions will also work as long as you enable USB printer support in the kernel.

rberry88

I have CUPS, gimp-print, and ghostscript installed. What did you do to get it working once you had them installed? What device is the printer running from? Is it /dev/usblp0? Thanks for your response, by the way.

Once I had cups+gimp-print+ghostscript installed I made sure cups was running and went to http://localhost:631 and it set up my printer at /dev/usblp0 and worked.

It was the same with kernel 2.4.24 and 2.6.3.

rberry88