Can't configure an Epson C80 printer!

[Rob Blomquist]

I am new to Ubuntu and Debian based linux, but not to linux itself. I have 
just been a user of RedHat and Mandriva before.

I am really bummed that my printer cannot be properly configured by Breezy, 
and that the Ubuntu folks disabled the CUPS configuration interface, as that 
is what I have used to configure this printer in the past.

I have compared the /etc/cups/ files between Mandriva and Ubuntu (I saved 
my /etc/ folder from Mandriva 2006), and I find them to be apples and 
oranges, not comparible at all, so configuration is beyond me.

Has anyone gotten this printer to configure and work? Mine is connected 
connected via the printer port, lp0. I can talk to it with escutil to check 
ink levels in raw mode, but CUPS says it does not exist, or the Ubuntu config 
tool just crashes.

Any help would be great! I am starting to wonder why I switched from Mandriva.

Rob