On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 05:49:07PM +0100, Florian Sukup wrote: > Hi, > > I've read HOWTOs and asked Google but I can't find the solution: > > I've a postscript-usb printer. And I am running Debian, 2.4.18 kernel > (selfcompiled but almost same config as the Debian kernel). > > I inserted the printer module: > > modprobe printer > > And then I tried > > echo hello > /dev/usb/lp0 > su: /dev/usb/lp0: No such device > > As far as I read this has to work before I can start configuring lpr or > simular. > > This printer (lexmark t520) was connected to a SuSE machine. There the > setup just took me a few minutes. Therefore, it should be possible to > run this printer with Debian as well. > > Thanks for hints, > Florian. > > > -- Hi: Why don't you have a look at /var/log/messages to see whether your printer is being detected, adn if so, whether it is lp0, lp1 etc.
Hope this helps. -- Sebastian Canagaratna Department of Chemistry Ohio Northern University [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
