You probably need to setup your printing system to print to the usb printer. You need to tell in the type of printer and the device that it is (which should be /dev/usb/lp0). You can test the basic functionailty (this works for most printers but not all) with;
cat /etc/fstab >/dev/usb/lp0 To find which drivers to use for your printer look at www.linuxprinting.org. On Fri, 4 Jun 2004, Sebastien Chivoret wrote: > Hello, > > I have never installed a printer yet so I don't know how to > handle this: when I connect my USB printer everything looks > good (see dmesg below) but then how do I know for sure that > lp works? Printing a test page from printtool does not work, > nor piping a txt file to lpr... > > Thanks for your help, > > Sebastien > > ************************************************** > Printer: Compaq IJ650 series > > ************************************************** > $uname -a > Linux ordinateur 2.4.182.4.18_june #8 Wed Jun 2 11:36:51 EDT > 2004 i686 unknown > > ************************************************** > make xconfig: > USB printer support: YES > > ************************************************** > lsmod: > st 26676 0 (autoclean) (unused) > usb-storage 49248 0 > nls_cp437 4384 0 (autoclean) > vfat 9500 0 (autoclean) > fat 29752 0 (autoclean) [vfat] > nls_iso8859-1 2880 1 (autoclean) > ntfs 49312 1 (autoclean) > hid 12960 0 (unused) > mousedev 3904 1 > input 3392 0 [hid mousedev] > via82cxxx_audio 18432 2 > uart401 6176 0 [via82cxxx_audio] > ac97_codec 9760 0 [via82cxxx_audio] > sound 54700 0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401] > soundcore 3588 4 [via82cxxx_audio sound] > 8139too 13952 1 > mii 1120 0 [8139too] > > ************************************************** > dmesg: > usb.c: USB disconnect on device 20 > printer.c: usblp0: removed > hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device > number 21 > usb.c: ignoring set_interface for dev 21, iface 0, alt 0 > printer.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 21 if 0 alt > 0 > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. > >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one > installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and > evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 > _______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > -- /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the new InstallShield X. >From Windows to Linux, servers to mobile, InstallShield X is the one installation-authoring solution that does it all. Learn more and evaluate today! http://www.installshield.com/Dev2Dev/0504 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
