Epson LX-300, printing simple text

[Helge Blischke]

Anonymous wrote:
> 
> > Anonymous wrote:
> > >
> > > This is my situation. I have a linux server, with cups, it´s on for more than 1 year with cups, it NEVER crashed and printed more than 300,000 documents without any error. Cups is amazing!!!!
> > > The problem is that, i have only one windows client remaining because one of the printers that is on the server is a Epson Lx-300. On windows i use generic/text only driver for that printer (the program we use here uses php so we print things from a web browser) and it prints fine.
> > > Well, what i want to know is if cups have a generic/text only driver, because when i try cups raw driver on a linux computer it prints strange things, like a source from a program (is it a ps?).
> > >
> > > If someone can help me, i would appreciate.
> > >
> > > Ps.: Sorry about my English, i´m from Brazil.
> >
> > Please tell us how you configured this printer on your Linux box.
> >
> > Helge
> >
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> > Helge Blischke
> > Softwareentwicklung
> > SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
> > http://www.srz.de
> 
> <DefaultPrinter epson>
> Info
> Location
> DeviceURl parallel:/dev/lp1
> State Idle
> Accepting Yes
> JobSheets none none
> QuotaPeriod 0
> PageLimit 0
> KLimit 0
> </Printer>
> 
> Is is correct?

See also

	http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Generic-ESC_P_Dot_Matrix_Printer

for a solution based on the foomatic approach, which covers not only plain text printing
but a lot more.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
Softwareentwicklung
SRZ Berlin | Firmengruppe besscom
http://www.srz.de