[G4] G4 upgrades on a beige G3 - scsi and printer help?

[Ramsey French]

Try this:

Do what you have to do to deactivate the Ghostprint and Gimp-Print
installation temporarily.

Open Print Center
Hold down the "Option" key and click "Add" printer
In the pop-up, select "Advanced"
Under "Device" select "USB"
Under "Device Name" type "Stylus 600"
Under "Device URI" type "file://dev/null"
Under "Printer Model" select "ESP" (they misspelled)
Select one of the (old) Epson Stylus printers in the bottom pane.
Click "Add"

This uses the Unix CUPS printing module built into OSX Jaguar.  It is very
similar to Gimp-Print.  You can also configure it through your web browser
by going to this address:  http://127.0.0.1:631

CUPS already has a version of Ghostprint installed to support it.
Hopefully, the new installation did not adversely affect it.  You can read
about CUPS here in the manual installed by Jaguar onto your computer:
http://127.0.0.1:631/sum.html#1_1


On 1/6/03 10:41 PM, "Jim Morris" <jpmorris at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Thanks for the effort to help, Phil. Tried both of your suggestions but
> am still getting the program code (at least I think that's what it is).
> At the moment I have it hooked up to one of the USB ports on the back
> of my G4/400 Sawtooth. Tried printing from programs other than Word as
> well but same results.
> 
> Any other thoughts?
> Jim
> 
> On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 07:59 AM, Phil A. Lefebvre wrote:
> 
>> On 1/5/03 at 7:39 PM -0800, Jim Morris wrote:
>>> I followed this advice as I can't print to my old Stylus 600 now that
>>> I've upgraded from OS 9. This printer has been accessed through a USB
>>> hub for several years. After installing Ghostprint and Giimp-print, I
>>> can now add the 600 to the printer list and select it. Tried a test
>>> page out of Word X but, instead of printing the page, it starts
>>> churning out pages of what I guess is program code (%!PS-Adobe-3.0,
>>> %RBINumCopies, etc).
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions for me?
>> 
>> Yes, don't use Word! ;-) I've never had that problem with my Stylus
>> 600, Gimp-Print, and OS X, but I have it hooked directly to the FW/USB
>> combo PCI card in my Beige G3. Maybe the hub is interfering. Try a
>> direct connection. (Epson, and most printer makers, always recommends
>> against hubs for their printers.)
>> 
>> Also, maybe try a reinstall. The Gimp-Print install instructions are
>> pretty picky. At one point I changed a setting and lost all
>> communication with the printer. Had to do a reinstall to get it
>> working again.
>> --