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>
> On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, A W Young wrote:
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> > I have a Hewlett Packard 690C printer and RedHat Linux 5.1. If I try to
> > print a file with the
> >
> > lpr hello.c
> >
> > command, for example, then nothing happens. If I examine the queue with
> > lpq, then it reports either "no daemon present" or "waiting for lp to
> > become ready (offline ?)". In the RHS Linux Print System Manager I have
> > lp as "local printer on /dev/lp0". I have tried turning the printer
> > off, then on again. If I move to the /etc directory and type "lptest >
> > /dev/lp0" then nothing happens.
>
> Is the printer on lp0 in RH? It's /dev/lp1 in Slackware.
Are you "absolutly sure", ??, slackware and redhat create lp devices in the
same manner. The "linux way". The way the lp daemon works is the same.
man lp explanes that on the first line;
CONFIGURATION
lp[0-2] are character devices for the parallel line print-
ers; they have major number 6 and minor number 0-2. The
minor numbers correspond to the printer port base
addresses 0x03bc, 0x0378 and 0x0278. Usually they have
mode 220 and are owned by root and group lp. You can use
printer ports either with polling or with interrupts.
Interrupts are recommended when high traffic is expected,
e.g. for laser printers. For usual dot matrix printers
polling will usually be enough. The default is polling.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Gordon A. Gallup Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
> University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
> Voice: (402)472-1230 FAX: (402)472-2879
> http://www.unl.edu/physics/
>
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Regards Richard.
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