Think this is ur problem. 
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-301503.html


On Apr 6, 2005 2:06 AM, Michael Ulm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lucien Dunning wrote:
> > I know in the CUPS guide it suggests to push data right to /dev/lp0 (
> > echo "bla bla bla" > /dev/lp0), did u try this?  I know my printer at
> > one point would print what I echoed to it, but not through cups.
> > However don't ask me how I fixed it, I don't remember, and I'm not
> > sure if I ever did.  CUPS has never cooperated with my computer.
> >
> > if echo to lp0 works then its probably cups,  and if it doesn't then
> > something else.
> 
> No reaction from the printer to  cat foo.txt > /dev/lp0. I also tried
> appending a ^L without success. This would suggest a problem with
> /dev/lp0, which is unfortunate, since I have no idea how to diagnose
> this (unlike CUPS, which has a nice logfile).
> 
> I'll check the cable and pins with a multimeter, but otherwise I'm
> stymied.
> 
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