On Feb 1, 2008 2:26 AM, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Jones wrote: > > Hi Kevin > > > > Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 27/01/08 19:58: > > > >> I've installed cups and hplip. I cannot follow the Gentoo printing > >> guide, because that worthy document requires me to add hplip to the > >> default runlevel, but hplip does not put anything in /etc/init.d. My > >> printer is an old HP Laserjet 4M, which I usually run as a Postscrpt > >> printer. > >> > > > > > >> What have I missed? > >> > > > > Run hp-setup > > > > You'll probably need to rework your cups config files if you've retained > > them from the broken install. hp-setup should enable local printing OK. > > > > /etc/init.d/hplip is no longer necessary with recent hplip ebuilds. > > > > Cheers, Dave > > > > And if it still gives you problems, delete /etc/cups then reemerge > cups. I had to do that last part too. > > Dale >
The problem is that my printer is on the LPT port (/dev/lp0), and hp-setup does not find it. In fact it has an option for LPT printers, but it is greyed out. The printer is really there: I can print by "cat printme >/dev/lp0" with a suitably formed "printme" file (lines need CR, file ends with ^L^D). ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
