On Sat, 08 Apr 2000, Ronald Hahm wrote about, Help with Print setup:
> I am trying to get printing setup on my Linux box. I have a Dell PowerEdge
> 1300 400 Mhz machine and I am trying to connect an old DECLaser 1152 to it
> via the Parallel Port. But when running PrintTool (I have Redhat Linux
> 6.1) I tells me that it cannot detect any devices on /dev/lp0, /dev/lp1,
> /dev/lp2. I have manually setup up the port in the CMOS for AT instead of
> PS/2. I have a new Parallel Port cable on it. I tested the printer on
> another computer and it works fine.
AFAIK, there should be no need to change any setting in a standard BIOS for
a printer.
Adding;
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
To /etc/modules.conf or conf.modules should help "modprobe" to find the
device when kmod/kerneld is running.
Or in a terminal do
modprobe lp
cat filename > /dev/lp0
> Is there something I am doing wrong?
>
> Ron
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