it is a parellel cable to a single machine I guess local I ran the wizard and read the pdf printer setup choose 4 gimp as it listed my driver bjc1000 port /dev/lp0 us letter 8.5x 11 test print the test page is fine ( actually prints a quarter test page) named bjc1000 pressed I to set values in terminal typed export printer=bjc1000 clicked printing/lpd looked here /var/spool/lpd/bjc1000 dmesg shows parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,TRISTATE] parport0: Printer, Canon BJC-1000 lp0: using parport0 (polling). lp0: console ready in bever when I click print it say( buffer "untitled1" is being printed)..or the file I open is being printed...nothing happens
I tried various drivers from choice 3 ghost..three will give full test page not centered on the page and will not print a doc.
need help to understand this. The wizard is designed for linux and used by dsl..dsl uses ghost script which allows dsl programs to print useing the drivers listed in the wizard under choice3 , some of which are included in dsl .my printer is listed under choice4 gimp which I guess requires a gimp script which is not native to dsl and not available to it..but the pdf guide to setup printer suggests useing these drivers as they include most and mine..so I need to download cups and install. what is that, a similar wizard that install more drivers and a new script for available programs, why does the pdf not say you need it.. is this true .I have no idea what i'm talking about but want to.Don't forget to do the "I" step as described in the DSL PDF documents:
into the address bar.thanks I have the pdf doc on hand.I would be curious to know if dsl can install the epson stylus c62 useing the c60 driver selected from the choice 4 gimp list. or any other printer in that list..I have one on the list.the bjc1000...maby I need an epsun stylus c62...or not..one thing fot sure the bjc1000 is not printing on dsl I will put it back on the winbox...my guess would be that if I can find a bjc600/800 I might be able to print.I have a Canon S820 and it prints fine using the BJC-8200 drivers and the CUPS printing system.
I would suspect that an older Canon would also print fine, so don't give up on it just yet. If you can't get it to work with apsfilter, give cups.dsl a try.If you got a test page then you should be able to print.
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in terminal typed export printer=bjc1000
Try
$ export PRINTER=bjc1000
Also you could add this line to /opt/bootlocal.sh
You can see the env variables needed by lpr by typing:
$ lpr --help
To manually test your printer you can always use:
$ lpr -h -P bjc1000 .filetool.lst
Here you are specifying your printer's name. Once you know it is working then try the export and then
$ lpr -h filetool.lst
Should work without specifying the printer's name.Next Page...
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