APSFilter Epson 760 Gimp drivers
I am trying yet again to get printing working under Slack :(
I have tried to set APSfilter but whichever printer I choose it just prints out pages of code when I test, and if I try to print after accepting this I get the same code. Under Ghost my printer is not listed, however under gimp the Epson 760 is listed but if I choose it, it tells me that gimp wsa compiled without my driver. Do I just download gimp source and compile over the top (or remove gimp first), or is there a way to just add the driver! |
You don't need to download gimp, you need to download gimp-print.
|
Thanks bern, actually my lazy typing I meant gimp-print :)
|
After installing gimp-print and reinstalling ghostprint with "--with-gimp-print" I still get:
"Enter number: 48 Error: Your gs version doesn't have driver "stp" compiled in... Select another driver or build a new gs version with complete or customized driver support. Now you'll see a list of drivers supported by your gs version... Press <RETURN> to continue" When I get a list 48 (epson 760) is there but even after isntalling gimp-print, it still gives me the message above in APSFilter setup. |
What driver options are you passing to ghostscript when you run configure?
|
none the README for gimp just said to do
"configure --with-gimp-print" so I did that! |
What version of GNU-ghostscript are you using?
|
8.0
|
Well, GNU Ghostscript only goes up to 7.05, if you have version 8.0 then you have AFPL Ghostscript, but I think you should try ESP Ghostscript, which has more up-to date gimp-print support.
Have a look here for some more info on all three flavours of ghostscript. |
Ok thanks again Bern I will give GNU version 7.05 a try....
|
OK some progression, it finds the printer driver now but when I print the Test page I get the following:
"Creating test page... Error: /invalidfont in findfont Operand stack: f1 (Times-Roman) (Times-Roman) Font (Times-Roman) 358023 (Times-Roman) --nostringval-- Courier NimbusMonL-Regu (NimbusMonL-Regu) NimbusMonL-Regu (NimbusMonL-Regu) NimbusMonL-Regu Execution stack: %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 3 3 %oparray_pop 4 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 7 4 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- 5 -1 1 --nostringval-- %for_neg_int_continue --nostringval-- --nostringval-- Dictionary stack: --dict:1057/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:100/200(L)-- --dict:17/17(ro)(G)-- --dict:1057/1123(ro)(G)-- Current allocation mode is local Last OS error: 2 Current file position is 5546 ESP Ghostscript 7.05.5: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 real 0m0.091s user 0m0.070s sys 0m0.020s Printing test page... ls: /tmp/apsfilter10210/test_page.aps: No such file or directory cat: /tmp/apsfilter10210/test_page.aps: No such file or directory real 0m0.002s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.000s " Also KDE doesn't "see" any print device! |
Have you tried cups yet? I've never had any luck with apsfilter and my usb printer, as for the font problem do you have the MS core fonts installed?
|
CUPS has other problems, all appears to work fine, but when I print nothing happens, I may have to go back to trying cups! :(
And no haven't installed the MS core fonts yet! Though to test the printer in KDE, what do I set its location as, I tried '/dev/lp0' and get a message about no rights to write to '.' P.S. My printer is uses lpt1 not a usb printer... printing under slackware has always been the most difficult task for me :( |
Try "chmod 666 /dev/lp0".
My printer is a HP810c USB and I use cups-1.14 with foomatic and the hpijs driver. |
tried that, I might reinstall Slackware 8.1 tonight, only just reinstalled it the other day after trying gentoo so no biggy....
Restarting with APSFilter may help as I have probably made a mess putting cups, EPS trial, and various forms of ghostscript on... |
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:57 AM. |