EPSON LX-300+

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This is a simple, quick and dirty (but works damn fine for me :-) guide to configuring EPSON LX-300+ Dot-Matrix Printer on BLAG. I searched Google for how to set-up printer on BLAG or Fedora and I searched for 1st 2 pages of links but that did not even helped a little bit :(, So i decided to follow my hunches and used my previous experience with other distros to come up with this guide.

I even checked the EPSON's support but they do not have any drivers for GNU/Linux :(. If you want a clean printing then use the Generic IBM Compatile Dot-Matrix Printer PPD driver . That driver gives much better printing than the original EPSON LX-300+ driver. Get it here:

www.linuxprinting.org/show_driver.cgi?driver=ibmpro&fromprinter=Panasonic-KX-P2150 

just click on that Download PPD link. you can even use IBMpro Priner II if you want as that too works fine:

www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=IBM-ProPrinterII

copy that PPD driver to:

/usr/share/cups/model/

Attach the printer and do this as root:

modprobe lp
modprobe parport
modprobe parport_pc

Now see if you have CUPS running:

chkconfig --list

if not then start the CUPS:

/etc/init.d/cups start

Now turn ON the printer, open your web-browser and go to http://localhost:631 and click on Add Printer and follow the instructions. Remember you need to choose the installed PPD and you need to use the root user and root password, when asked, in order to install any printer.

External Links

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/CUPS_Setup
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/printing-howto.xml
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/index.html