At 09:27 AM 2/2/00 -0200, OHPC wrote:
>I have some pretty basic questions, but I think you will forgive me for that.
Forgive what? It *is* a beginners' list, after all; we kind of expect
"pretty basic questions".
>I have a HP Deskjet 820 Cxi, that I learned was made to use Window$, but
>after some digging up in search engines I found it will work in Linux,
>using a pbm2ppa driver.
>I use Conectiva Linux 4.0, that seems to be based in RedHat 6.0.
More helpful would be to know what kernel version is uses. Parallel port
handling is one of the things that changed a lot between 2.0.x and 2.2.x, so
advice has to be kernel specific here. Check this with "uname -a".
>When I installed, it recognized "something" connected to the lp0 port.
>Problem is: I have a Iomega Zip drive, and didn't configure it yet to work
>under Linux, that is the reason I say the install recognizes "something",
>since I am not sure about what it recognizes. The Zip drive is a paralel
>port, that I understand uses a scsi/lpt adapter.
At least under the 2.0.x kernels, it was not possible to use parallel ports
with the pass-through adaptors for things like ZIP drives. You had to choose
between a printer and a ZIP drive. I *think* that changed with the 2.2.x
kernels and the "parport" module, but I don't know the details.
>I also read some information about the printer being able to use a
>Ghostscript driver, but I didn't find any GS driver in the control-panel of X.
I don't know that "some information" says. The canonical source for printer
info on Linux is http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi . Try
looking your printer up in the database there and see what it says. From
*memory*, printers that use ppa are a problem for ghostscript, due to some
issues about HP keeping part of the PPA spec proprietary -- the pbm2ppa
driver you are already using is the standard workaround, I believe.
>Any tips? Should I first install the Zip, then try to use another driver?
>Even when I try to use a text-only printer under Corel WP8 or another
>word-processor it won't print, and it won't say anything.
Try unplugging the ZIP, plugging in the printer directly, and seeing if it
prints now. ppa weirdness may mean it won't print as text-only; see what the
database says on that one.
>Another question: I would like to use my HP 8100 CD-RW under Linux.
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