On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: > On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: > > We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it > > should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point > > where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It > > does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is > > built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and > > parport_pc: > > > > catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport > > parport_pc 32868 0 > > parport 26696 1 parport_pc > > > > And dmseg is aware of the printer: > > > > catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print > > parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 > > > > But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from > > > > AppSocket/HPJetDirect > > Backend Error Handler > > HP Printer (HPLIP) > > Internet Printing Protocol (http) > > Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) > > LPD/LPR Host or Printer > > SCSI Printer > > Serial Port #1 > > > > but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or > > is parallel port called something else now? > > > > > > I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the > kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've > set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, > but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know > about it? >
Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome: camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 USE="cdr cups dvdr -accessibility -esd -ldap -mono" 0 kB I did find the Main Menu->System->Preferences->Printers and it detects my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even when I select the printer (which is already set up.) and I don't see the model of my printer listed. It's an Epson Stylus C88. Is that called something else in the printers interface? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
