Network printer setup,

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sat, 2008-08-16 at 15:18 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> Vincent Onelli wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Is there some body that can help me to setup a printer? I am new on
> > Linux, and most of the entry required I do not know what to enter in.
> > I had send similar message before but I did not get any answer. I
> > understand your have a large number of messages to get to, but please
> > try to understand our new user problem, without your help we could not
> > survive very long with Linux, I have several friends that tried Linux
> > for a short period of time and then abandon it. I am the stubborn one,
> > but now I am stuck,I need to use this printer it is the only one that I
> > have to print on paper 17x22. 
> > I very much appreciate if some one can give me a detailed guideline on
> > what to enter on various setup phase, one answer I received pointed me
> > to http://localhost:631 but then what I enter to various steps? I try to
> > enter some thing but Icould not get pass the verification stage the user
> > or the password were not accepted, I assume that it want the root PW but
> > I also tried the user PW, no luck.
> > Some info on my system:
> >      Dell Dimension 8300.   
> >      Netgear router WGR614v6
> >      Printer Server Netgear PS101
> >      Printer Epson Stylus Color 1520
> >  It work fine with windows and these are the setting as listed on the
> >  Router:     Printer Server Netgear PS101. Lan manager printer port
> > PSE6D76B
> >                              Printer server port    LPT1:PSE6D76B
> >                              Server Name             PSE6D76B
> >                              IP Address              192.168.1.3
> >  
> > Epson Setup:                 Name                    Epson1520
> >                              Hostname                192.168.1.3
> >                              Queue                   PSE6D76B
> >  
> > Thank you in advance
> >  Vinny
> > 
> Ok - the first thing is that the user and password it is asking for
> defaults to root and root's password. Normal users login and
> password do not work unless they are added.
> 
> From there, you want the Administration tab. From there you can
> click on the Find New Printers. If the printserver supports IPP,
> then you can have CUPS can find it for you. It will do most of the
> setup for you.
> 
> If CUPS does not find the printer, you will have to use Add New
> Printer. You then will want to pick LPD/LPR Host or Printer.
> 
> The next step is to enter "lpd://192.168.1.3/PSE6D76B" at the Device
> URI: prompt. From there it is just a matter of selecting your
> printer from the menu.
> 
> As the last step, you will have to enter root as the user name and
> root's password for the password to save the new printer.
> 
> Mikkel
Except I don't see that the Epson 1520 is a supported printer so a
driver will have to be downloaded and installed. Maybe from Epson web
site,
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