Mini doesn't recognize old Epson Printer

I am trying to connect a 1997 variety Epson 1520 printer to my Mini in order to print ledger size spreadsheets. I have intermittently used this printer with a Keyspan twin serial adapter on my ibook running OS 9 .
My mini is running OS 10.4.3. I downloaded the Keyspan (USA28X) software for OS X and gutenprint 5.0.0. I hooked up the keyspan adapter and the printer through one of the main usb ports. The computer sees the two keyspan ports. I go to add a printer and choose advanced but the printer does not show up.
If I click on USB printer, then I manally write it the Printer name and put in the keyspan's address (I think). Then I choose the software for the 1520 from the gutenprint list. The printer name shows up in print set up. I go to test print and get the message Printer not responding .
I am not certain I am writing the correct device url in the space. What is the correct way to write a printer url?
Are is it just two old for the keyspan and gutenprint to work. This one of the originals.

The Epson 1520 has a serial
bit rate of 1.8 Mbs I was going to try seeing if it
would work at 7600
I can guarantee you that this won't work. The specs actually state a rate up to 1.8 Mbs and a flow control of XON/XOff. With the help of others, we have experimented with various Epson serial printers. We have tried baud rates from 57,600 to 230,400 in combination with flow control of XON/OFF and RTS/CTS. I have even tried the above combinations using two stop bits instead of the standard one stop bit. Epson serial printer just don't want to work via the serial port. It is not clear (and probably beyond my knowledge) whether the failure is due to Epson basing their printers on the RS-423 serial port standard as opposed to the standard Mac RS-422 serial port or whether it is their use of serial DMA or some other factor.
the password problem on the
CUPS page stymied me. The password enabling patch
wouldn't work under 10.4 because it can't be loaded.
That is correct. I limited the patch to OS 10.3.x on purpose. There is no need for it in OS 10.2.x or in OS 10.4.x. The short username and password for an administrative user will work in both Jaguar and Tiger.
I just hate to have to go out and buy cables and a
new adapter for this old printer.
I understand your frustration. On the positive side, Epson started supporting parallel to USB adapters shortly after Apple dropped the serial port in favor of USB. These adapters also work in OS 9.x with the Epson drivers.
Matt
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