I recently acquired a Kyocera-mita FS-1350DN printer, and I would really like to get it working in Linux. It's connected by USB and Win 7 prints just fine--at 32 pages/min--but Pclos, Mint and Mepis that I've tried, won't print at all. The error log shows "printer busy", no matter what is sent. I downloaded a Linux-labeled PPD file from the Kyocera website and it installs, apparently, OK.

The 1350 is a network printer (the DN on the model no.) but I have no idea whether it MUST have a network connection or not, and the manual doesn't say. There is an IP setup stored in the printer, so I assume it may have been on a network in the original operation.

Anyone have any thoughts?? You will have my undying gratitude..

Have you run through the cups setup?

Hi,

If your printer got detected correctly by CUPS when you connected it using USB, you should see it when you browse to the webpage
Kind regards,

Eric

Sorry guys, I should have put that stuff in:

Yes, I've been through CUPS and PCC both to install and test the printer. CUPS can "see" it, no problem, it just can't print.

Do you have the printer shared in cups tab administration advanced. And can you make a test print in printers select the printer and then maintenance test print.

I can't find a listing for it at http://www.openprinting.org/printers. That's not conclusive, but it's not a good sign.

Frankbell:

I'm not sure what the lack of a listing means--I don't think it has anything to do with age, because there are older printers listed. Something I read seemed to indicate that this 1350DN model was sort of unique in some way, but without a clear explanation. I tried calling the Kyocera help line, but I couldn't get someone who understood Linux, so no help.

whizje:

No it is not shared, and as for printing a test page, I can print all those things through the printer's control panel but not from the computer, except from Windows. Win 7 has no trouble at all with the printer, but I have no idea how to find out what Windows is doing that's different from what Pclos does. I've printed that maintenance page, but the information on it means nothing to me.

Thanks, everybody for the responses...

Since Linuxprinting is a volunteer site, the lack of a listing could mean that no one who posts there has gotten a printer to work, that no one who posts to that site has tried to get it to work, or that it does work and no one's bothered to post about it.

A lack of a listing is a not a reason for optimism, but it's not a sign to give up trying.

Finding a listing at Linuxprinting is a good thing--it will tell you whether someone's gotten a printer to work (and, if so how) or whether the printer in Linux is a paperweight.

I hope this makes my previous statement clearer.

frankbell:

Thanks for the clarification--I didn't think of all volunteer data. But, I understand what you're saying and I had read another thread here a while back, in which one of the posters mentioned having used Kyocera printers. Maybe that person will jump in on this thread..

According to the technical specifications this printer does use PCL 6 emulation. As a workaround try configuring it as a HP 6. There are other printers that support PCL 6 emulation if the HP 6 driver does not work. You can also download a generic PCL 6 driver from openprinting.org.

http://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions....ification.html

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Michaelk:

Thank you--lots of good information on that site. Installing the PPD I got there changed something in the situation; I had been getting "printer busy" error reports, but now it just stops saying "processing". And still nothing gets printed. This printer doesn't have HP 6 emulation, but I have it set to PCL 6 which also seems to be the default. I've tried some of the others, but nothing helps.

According to Kyocera, it should emulate Postscript 3: try setting it up for that.

David:

Thanks for the suggestion--unfortunately, there's no such setting listed for emulation. According to documents, all Kyocera printers are Postscript printers by default.

So have you tried setting CUPS to use Postscript?