On Sat, 07 Aug 1999, Keith Robinson wrote:
> kde 1.1.1-3 RH 6.0
> dual boot win98/linux and printer is hooked up and working under
> win98
> no printer icon on k desktop
> printer is okidata 4w
> downloaded a linux driver and it is happily sitting in /usr/sbin
> 2.2.10 kernel is configured for parellel port printer and modprobe -
> l shows lp.o
> but when I run printtool the printer isn't detected and when I
> manually add the printer in printtool it still isn't detected.
What exactly do you mean by "printer isn't detected"? Under Linux, printers are
never detected, only parallel ports. Since you've already got a parallel port
set up (lp0), that's as far as it goes.
Certain of the newer printers have two way communications. Unfortunately, the
software that comes with the printer to facilitate this are invariably
Windows-only. However, you do not really need two way communication with
printers. For example, if your printer panel or LED's lets you know that it's
out of paper, then you don't need a popup window telling you exactly the same
thing.
What you should do, if you haven't done it already, is to try printing anyway.
If you have printtool setup correctly and printer on, you should get an output.
Try the test prints in the printtool. If you get a printout, then the printer
is "detected". If the output is garbage, then the printtool is not set up
correctly.
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