On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 01:04:46PM +0530, Harishankkar wrote: > > I have a HP Deskjet 640C. How to commission the printer in linux? > I have both parport.o and parport_pc.o loaded as modules. (kernel > is 2.4.2-2)( 7.1 RH)
There are only two things in printing: a) Does kernel recognise your device ? Check out dmesg. b) Set up a printer spool and driver for printer. In RH use printool, otherwise apsfilter or magicfilter for other distros. > when I tried cp <filename> > /dev/lp0 Checkout Printing-HOWTO on how to print text file to a raw device ... HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Lesser used commands (rev) LOST #161 To reverse the characters in a file use the rev command. e.g. If there is a file called Hello with just "Hello World" in it: $cat Hello ... output is ... Hello World $rev Hello ... outout is ... dlroW olleH !! ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
