After plugging in the Epson Stylus C88+ printer and running system-config-printer, I get: No match for USB device: mfr "EPSON" model "Stylus C88" desc "EPSON Stylus C88" cmdset "ESCPL2,BDC,D4" Note that: - The error message lists it as C88, but the printer is actually C88+ (with the extra +) - There is a "Closed Upstream" bug about C88 (no "+") printer filed against FC4 - bug 176553 - foomatic-db-20060922 does have C88, but the foomatic-3.0.2-3 included in RHEL 4 does not have (in fact, it's missing all the C85 - C88 models). The full lsusb output (the part related to this printer) follows: Bus 003 Device 002: ID 04b8:0005 Seiko Epson Corp. Stylus Printer Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 8 idVendor 0x04b8 Seiko Epson Corp. idProduct 0x0005 Stylus Printer bcdDevice 1.00 iManufacturer 1 EPSON iProduct 2 USB Printer iSerial 3 FGU020607280058230 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 32 bNumInterfaces 1 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xc0 Self Powered MaxPower 2mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 7 Printer bInterfaceSubClass 1 Printer bInterfaceProtocol 2 Bidirectional iInterface 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x01 EP 1 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 bytes 64 once bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type none Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 bytes 64 once bInterval 0 Language IDs: (length=4) 0409 English(US)
This device (C88+) is giving an identical IEEE 1284 Device ID string to the C88 (no '+') so presumably it is the same hardware with some different factory setting.
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