/dev/lp1 for 2.0.x, /dev/lp0 for 2.2.x, right? On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: > > Okay, I'm tying to set up a 486-66MHz, 16MB RAM, 240MB HD, as a > demonstration for Linux Demo Day this Sunday. I've got it more-or-less > working for scanning (the world's worst SCSI card in there :-> ) but > printing is giving me pause. Yes, this is old crappy hardware, but that's > why it'll be impressive. *If* I can get it working... > > I've got magicfilter, lpr, and all the other goodies on there. I've > checked my dmesg, and the parallel port is at /dev/lp1. I've temporarily > got an Epson FX-1050 printer hooked up to it. (I've printed with this > printer in the past. It works.) > > So far as I can tell, /etc/printcap is set up correctly. It's using the > epson9 filter, going to /dev/lp1, the spool directory exists, lpd is > running, and so forth. > > If I try to print (e.g. "lpr somefile.txt"), the job gets queued, but > nothing else happens. If I run lpq reports things in the right > queue, and lpstat claims that the daemon is running *and printing*, yet > so far as I can see, no signals go to the printer. > > Just for the heck of it, I set up a remote printcap entry, following the > Printing-HOWTO, and sent it to my main machine across the network. Same > thing; no errors, but no printout. > > What the heck is going on? Anything I should try? (I haven't actually > done a "cat somefile.txt > /dev/lp1" yet, 'cause I didn't think of it > until later. I'll certainly try it tonight.) > > Sincerely, > > Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Destruction is *easy*. People do it all the time by accident. > If you think you're so cool, try *improving* something." > - Me > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
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