Re: PCL network printer configuration

pedrusko2 <[email protected]> Sun, 30 Mar 2003 23:12:19 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.phoebe
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

I have an iR 2800 and I use LaserJet 4 as printer model, and it works fine.
Also try Canon iR330s with ljet4 driver.

    Pedro.

Matthias Saou wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I've got this neat Canon iR 2200 network printer-fax-scanner-etc machine
>(not coffee though, too bad!), but I just can't get it to work.
>The docs explain how to configure it for Solaris, by simply editing
>/etc/printcap and using the remote "lp" unix-style spool. That's the way
>I've always configured printers on GNU/Linux, but I figured I should give
>CUPS a try in order to keep current ;-)
>
>The problem is that the printer doesn't seem to support PostScript, and I
>was told it was indeed a PCL (?) printer. I've tried quite a few drivers
>from the "Printer" setup tool, but each time the printer prints only one
>line with what seems to be plain PostScript "%!PS-Adobe-3.0 [{ etc." then
>spits warm blank pages until I go an cancel the printing. It's done that
>for each try I've made, even choosing "Text Only Printer" with a plain
>ASCII test page... I'm really confused.
>
>Does anyone know what I should do to get this network printer working? I'm
>really stuck, and ruining more and more paper.
>
>Matthias
>
>  
>




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