Epson Stylus CX6600

[Roger Leigh]

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Russ Fineman <russbucket at centurytel.net> writes:

> Brian Hechinger wrote:
>
>> i add the printer:
>> 
>> $ sudo lpadmin -p cx6600 -E -v usb:/dev/ulpt0 -m C/escp2-cx6400.ppd.gz
>> 
>> and then i print:
>> 
>> $ lpr CGI.txt
>> $ lpq
>> cx6600 is ready and printing
>> Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
>> active  wonko   11      CGI.txt                         4096 bytes
>> 
>> the printer makes some noise, but never prints.
>> 
>> what is it that i'm doing wrong?  there is very little into available for
>> cups, ppd and this particular printer.
>
> I noticed the driver you are using is for a CX6400, have you tryed the CX66
> driver available at the following Epson site? 
>
> http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/dl_spc.html

That's rather non-free software, but it should work.

> I'm considering a CX6600 so it would be nice to see you get yours working.

If you prefer a free solution, you could try a newer release of
Gimp-Print (now Gutenprint):

  http://people.debian.org/~rleigh/gutenprint/sid/5.0.0-beta3/gutenprint-5.0.0-beta3.tar.bz2

This is a snapshot of the forthcoming 5.0.0-beta3 release.  It has
proper support for the CX6600.


Regards,
Roger

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