Please help me install a printer

[Daan]

Hi. I would like to use an Epson Stylus Phot 895 printer from my Debian Etch computer. It connects through a USB cable, but I dont't know how to install it. There are some howto's on the web, but I don't understand them. I tried several things at http://localhost:631/admin (which provides an interface for configuring CUPS -whatever that is), but without succes. But I'll tell you what questions it asks, and maybe you can help find out the answers.

1) When adding a new printer, it first asks me make up a name and give a discription etc, no problems yet.

2) Then it asks me to choose a device, and I have no clue which one I should choose. Possible choices include Backend Error Handler and LPT #1, among others.

3) I'm asked to provide a device uri, I have absolutely no clue.

4) Choose the make of the printer: that' easy - Epson.

5) Choose the model, just as easy.

I've tried several settings for 2) and 3), but no luck. Test page will not print. I now the printer can print, because it printed a test page before I connected it to my computer.

Can you help me?

[Daan]

I should add that I think the problem is has to do with me not having a /dev/usb/ directory.

[antidrugue]

Did you install the required drivers for your printer, as stated here :
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...ylus_Photo_895

In Debian Etch, the packages would be :

apt-get install cupsys-driver-gutenprint foomatic-db-gutenprint

Did you install printconf ? It should configure your printer automatically...

apt-get install printconf

As for /dev/usb not being present, that's not a problem.

In http://localhost:631 choose the device related with USB.

[Daan]

Thanks for your reply, Antidrugue!

I installed the drivers as you said, and ran printconf. It says:

# printconf
Reloading Common Unix Printing System: cupsd.
If printconf was unable to install all of your printers, please visit
http://www.linuxprinting.org/ for printer information and support from fellow
users.

What should I do now?

[Daan]

And I don't know which device is related to USB, there's none with usb in the name...