On Feb 2, 2008 10:18 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
Hmmm. Digging slightly deeper, I found the /usr/bin/hp-probe program. It lets me specifically request a probe of LPT, but finds nothing there. The printer remains attached. I'm even more deeply stumped than before. ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
