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From: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup: where is foomatic-rip?
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:30:57
Message-Id: 1301488160.20746.1.camel@rattus
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Printer setup: where is foomatic-rip? by Alan Mackenzie
1 rattus ~ # locate foomatic-rip
2 /usr/bin/foomatic-rip
3 /usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip
4 /usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip
5 /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip
6 /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2
7 rattus ~ # equery b foomatic-rip
8 --- Invalid atom
9 in /usr/local/portage/layman/sunrise/profiles/package.mask: Slot deps
10 are not allowed in EAPI 0: 'x11-wm/qlwm:3'
11 * Searching for foomatic-rip ...
12 net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507
13 (/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip)
14 net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/bin/foomatic-rip)
15 net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507 (/usr/lib/ppr/lib/foomatic-rip
16 -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip)
17 net-print/foomatic-filters-3.0.20080507
18 (/usr/lib/ppr/interfaces/foomatic-rip -> /usr/bin/foomatic-rip)
19 ^C
20 rattus ~ #
21
22
23
24 On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 12:18 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
25 > Hi, gentoo!
26 >
27 > I'm trying to set up my printer (a Samsung ML-1450 (which looks like an
28 > HP Laserjet)) according to the "Gentoo Printing Guide". There is no
29 > problem with the USB connection to it.
30 >
31 > I've got as far as printing a test page (in section 4). The page
32 > doesn't print. The error message in /var/log/cups/error_log is:
33 >
34 > Filter "foomatic-rip" for printer "ML-1450" not available: no such
35 > file or directory
36 >
37 > The driver I've downloaded and installed is pxlmono (as recommended).
38 >
39 > I've tried emerge foomatic, to no avail.
40 >
41 > How do I get foomatic-rip and get it working?
42 >
43 > Thanks in advance!
44 >
45
46 --
47 William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
48 Home in Perth!

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Re: [gentoo-user] Printer setup: where is foomatic-rip? Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de>