Re(2): Ricoh Aficio 550

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot, Dan.

My printer is now recognized by the system but when I try to print something, well..  it doesn't print anything.

During the configuration I had to choose Generic Printer/Postscript Printer.

I found a ppd file in Ricoh's support web site, a postscript driver for Windows server 2003. I copied it in /usr/share/cups/model and in /etc/cups/ppd.

My command line to launch the printing job:

# lpr -Plpsirene test.txt

lpq :
# /usr/bin/lpq.cups
lpsirene is ready and printing
Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
active  root    2       test.txt                        52224 bytes

lpstat command gives me the following informations :
printer lpsirene now printing lpsirene-2.  enabled since Jan 01 00:00
lpsirene-2              root             52224   Fri 07 Oct 2005 10:16:46 AM CEST


Should I try with another ppd file ?

> Anonymous wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > First, please excuse my english, it's not my native language.
>
> You're doing OK :)
>
> > I'm trying to configure a Ricoh printer model Aficio 550 to work on a Linux system using cups.
>
>
> I don't see that particular model on http://www.linuxprinting.org
>
> > I found on Ricoh's support web site a driver but it is working with an old version of lpr, and I'd rather use cups. The other drivers we can download are only for Windows systems.
>
> If you're lucky, you can find a PPD for the printer in the Windows
> drivers that will work. I'm not sure if lpr uses a ppd or not, but if it
> does, you can check whether their Linux driver package has a ppd.
> Otherwise, just get a ppd from a similar printer. We've got a Ricoh
> Aficio AP3200 which I couldn't find a ppd for, so I used the Aficio 2000
> ppd and it worked fine. You're basically after a ppd from a printer that
> matches the features that you're going to be using, eg
>
> - paper size support
> - duplex support
>
> > How can I configure it ?
>
> Get a ppd ( try the Windows driver first, or a ppd from another printer
> if you can't find the Windows ppd ). Put the ppd in your system's ppd
> folder - mine is /usr/share/cups/model - but yours may be different.
> Call it something appropriate. Restart cups so it knows about the new ppd.
>
> Use the web admin tool to add a new printer.
>
> If you connect directly to the printer, set it up on Parellel Port #1 or
> whatever port it's connected to.
>
> If you put in on the network, either give the printer a fixed IP address
> ( and add it to your /etc/hosts ), or make sure your CUPS server can
> somehow find the printer ( eg via DNS ). Then you'd set it up as an 'LPD
> / LPR Host or Printer'. This is what we've done. Our device URI is:
>
> lpd://ricoh_ap3200/lpd
>
> and we've got an entry for ricoh_ap3200 in our /etc/hosts
> Note the /lpd at the end - this seems to be required in most cases.
>
> Next you select the printer Model / Driver. If you put the printer's ppd
> in the right place and restarted the server, you should see the printer
> in the list.
>
> The rest should be fairly easy.
>
> Dan