Epson C80 and viisonfs

[Zathros]

I'm trying to add sevearl epson c89 printers to user pc's that are running xp pro for use printing from a BBx applicaiton to them over vision fx.

I defined a printer as usual and hooked it up to the pc. Printer is shared on the pc. Printer shows up in visionfs printer list. When I do an lp -d(printer) (filename) to the printer it responds by starting a green blinking light, the printhead moves back and forth a couple of times but nothing is printed.

I have 2 epson 980s defined the same way that work fine. Is the c80 just not compatible?

 

[motoslide]

Some low-end inkjet printers don't share well. I'm not saying their is anything wrong with a particular make/model, but some require the host PC to perform some of the print functions. If this is the case, you will probably have no success hitting these printers with VisionFS. Can you print to these printers from other PC's (via the shared printer mechanism)? Is the printer connected via parallel or USB?
Try adding the "raw" option in your visionfs command.

 

[Zathros]

It prints fine from another PC. Do I add the raw option in the interface script?

 

[motoslide]

Yes, in the interface script.

If you have this:

/usr/vision/bin/visionfs print //PCName/Sharename "$file" --password 2>&1

Change it to this:

/usr/vision/bin/visionfs print //PCName/Sharename "$file" --raw --password 2>&1

Your interface file could be drastically different. You can just test this idea without modifying the interface file. Enter the command at a UNIX prompt:

# /usr/vision/bin/visionfs print //PCName/Sharename /etc/hosts --raw --password

Depending upon security settings on the PC, you may have to furnish different credentials.

 

[Zathros]

Ok, I tried it from the command line and it looks like the printer is just too dumb. To check it I'll move one of the 980s over.

Thanks

 

[fredericofonseca]

I think, but not sure, that the C80 is a WINDOWS printer only. As such will not normally work form a *nix environment.

Regards

Frederico Fonseca
SysSoft Integrated Ltd

http://www.syssoft-int.com

 

[Bigdaddynavarre]

The "Windows" gdi printers can be cheaper because there is no royalty paid for using PCL5, PCL6. A true PCL printer or PS printer will just about always work wit' the ix's.