Kyocera FS-2020D printer does not work

[ultrax]

Hi all,

I have a Kyocera FS-2020D and Ubuntu 10.10 operating system. I followed the manufacturer instructions to install the printer, but it does not work.
Cups always says processing and than nothing happens. I use PCL 6 emulation in the printer but tried the KPDL also.

I contacted the Kyocera support, and they provided me a Mac OSX driver and they told me that will work because linux and mac are unix based systems...

Thank you in advance all help,
Gergely H.

[oz]

Hello and welcome to the forums!

If you have CUPS installed properly you should be able to download the PPD file for the FS-2020D that is supplied by Kyocera:

http://usa.kyoceramita.com/americas/...a_FS-2020D.PPD

... then drop a copy of that file into the /usr/share/cups/model folder (root permissions needed for that), then restart CUPS, or reboot your machine

... then open a web browser and use the CUPS interface by entering localhost:631 into the browser location bar, and then add/configure your printer.

If it works properly, be sure to copy the steps for use later should you need them.

[ultrax]

Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it.

I did exactly what you wrote, that's why I don't understand what's the problem.

The driver is installed correctly, cups says the printer status is idle, and if I print a job, it stays on processing status.

I tried to print from command line. I run this command:
echo -en "Hello World!" > /dev/usb/lp0
But I never got back the prompt. Maybe this is some sort of communication problem related to the kernel? (There is no problem printig from windows)

[oz]

Sorry that didn't work. It's always worked fine for me, but then I don't run Ubuntu, nor do I have any Kyocera printers, so I'm unable to test it on this end.

I did google the issue a bit but couldn't find anything helpful, and frankly I'm at a loss on why it's not working. With any luck, maybe another Kyocera owner will chime in with some tips to get you past this hurdle. If I should think of something, I'll post back.