Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, please check if you have Parallel Port Printing Support enabled in the Kernel. If as a module, its called lp. You find the kernel option oder Device Drivers - Character Devices - Parallel Printing Support. hope to help Tom 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 | parport26696 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? | | | -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFH1PWWrpEWPKIUt7MRAp00AKCSLkzPobzjjY+sziGcorCWrcN3kQCfSKyg nZzBxNW82iU2IQOPgzIrgwU= =palM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer
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 parport26696 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? You may need to set the parport USE flag in make.comf or package.use. Mine has it for my HP. [ebuild R ] net-print/hplip-2.7.10 USE=X parport ppds -doc -fax -minimal -scanner -snmp 0 kB Hope that helps. Dale :-) :-) -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer
On Friday 07 March 2008, 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 parport26696 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? Haven't tried it myself, but have you tried HPLIP? Also, check gentoo-wiki for configuring it. -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
