Epson stylus color 600 printer will not work.

[Kevin Kempter]

On Tuesday 28 August 2007 08:56:46 Knapp wrote:
> On 8/28/07, Mark Fraser <kubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 28 August 2007 09:01:12 Knapp wrote:
> > > Tried it and no go. I would think the printer or cable was shot but
> > > that when I tried the epson clean printer head thing it worked.
> > > Nothing else gets a peep out of the printer. There are 4 drivers
> > > listed and I tested them all. Is there some other way that the printer
> > > could be blocked?
> >
> > Have you tried the foomatic-db-gutenprint package?
>
> After reading this I have tried but with no luck. I don't understand
> how to use it. Any pointers? I can't even find good docs yet. Gui does
> not seem to work.
> It says "Unable to read printer database."
> Thanks
>
> Douglas


Have you tried to setup the printer straight from the CUPS web interface?