Re: printcap problems, please help

2000-03-27 Thread Terry Hancock
Hi, I had a look at your printcap file and compared it to mine. I can't find anything wrong, so let me tell you how I tested my printer: 1) Test hardware + basic devices: ls -l /dev/lp0 This sends the directory printout to your printer device directly (i.e. without any filtering). Unless you

Re: printcap problems, please help

2000-03-27 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
Terry Hancock [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] ALSO, I just noticed that with the Linux 2.2 kernel, your first parallel port (~LPT1 in dosspeak) is /dev/lp0. However you mentioned Slink, which is based on the 2.0 kernel. With that one, I had the first printer port as /dev/lp1 in my

printcap problems, please help

2000-03-26 Thread Steve Winston
I need a little help getting a printer working with Devian. On slink, I mistakenly erased my printcap while setting up an Epson Stylus 740. Because I also have Linux mandrake on the same computer with the same printer, I installed the mandrake printcap and then did /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig