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

[Jim Morris]

Tried this. Didn't work. Any other thoughts would be appreciated. Also 
want all to know that your efforts to help are appreciated.

On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 08:47 PM, Robert Meadors wrote:

> might this work with a stylus photo?
> On Monday, January 6, 2003, at 08:33  PM, Ramsey French wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>> -- 
>>
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