[iyonix-support] Re: Installing printer driver

In article <b06cce2950.Matthew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew
Phillips <mro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you plug in a new USB printer into the Iyonix and the machine does
> not recognise it, you get a dialogue box which allows you to choose a
> printer driver to use for this printer.

> Suppose you discover after a few days that it would have been better to
> choose a different driver.  How can you get back to the dialogue that
> allows you to make the choice?

Option 1) Remove the current driver, unplug and replug the printer (or
switch on and off if it isn't using a USB to Parallel converter) and the
window should re-appear.

Option 2) Install the driver you want and run !PrtSet2USB to convert the
default connection of Parallel to USB.

> (I am not talking about using GutenPrint here.)

> I thought it might be something to do with
> ADFS::HardDisc4.$.!Boot.Resources.!PrintDefs.USBMap but the mapping
> from the USB identifier to the printer driver file does not seem to
> have been added to that file by the process.

These are just presets. Unfortunately it shouldn't contain the Epson
entry as several Epson printers use the same USB codes. Change the file
to comment that line out :-

# -- Seiko Epson --
# Printers from Epson
# 04B80005:Epson.EPL5800.EPL5800

^ Add the # here.

HTH,
Ian

-- 
Ian Hamilton (Iyonix RO5)  http://www.hamiltoni.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/

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