Do you mean an Okipage 4w? The picante database doesn't list an "okidata
4w". This means you got the oki4linux driver tgz file? If so, you need to
read the included man page (./doc/oki4drv.1) for the details of how to use
the driver.
>From a quick read, it appears to be somewhat non-standard (for example, the
document seems to say not to use it with lpr, which will be something of a
headache for you to set up in any automated way). The man page suggests
testing it this way:
oki4drv foo.ps -o temp; cat temp > /dev/lp0
(replacing foo.ps with some postscript file you want to print).
This is a "winprinter", as you noted, with a hacked driver, according to the
README file included in the .tgz file. My best guess is that, even with this
driver, using the printer under Linux will be a pain.
At 01:42 PM 8/17/99 -0600, Keith Robinson wrote:
>when i try to print nothing happens.
>
>dual boot win 98 / RH 6.0
>prints fine on win 98
>
>okidata 4w -- this is a win printer.
>i found a driver for it at .picante.com and have the driver in
>/usr/sbin
>
>when I run printtol as root the port, /dev/lp0, is recognized. when
>I run the "print ASCI directly to port" a dialogue box says it is
>printing but nothing happens. printer light doesn't flash. printer
>doesn't warm up, nothing.
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