- Enter the "lsmod" command and look whether
there is a "printer" entry. If not, add a line
"PRINTER=yes" to /etc/sysconfig/usb and enter
the commands
service usb restart
chkconfig --add usb
- Try to connect the printer to the parallel
port.
- Read
http://www.mandrakeforum.com/mysearch.php3?author=till
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th
Till
William Wakefield wrote:
>
> I am very new to Linux having installed Mandrake 7.2 about 3 weeks ago
> and two or three times since.
> A problem I am having and completely fail to understand is that my HP
> 930 C printer was auto detected and installed on a automagic
> recommended installation and printed a test page but just sits and
> stares at me when requested to print by using the print command in a
> word processor or text editor. No way can I induce it to print. The
> printer is connected to a USB port and works just fine in windoze.
> What am I missing and how might I get this thing to print. I like what
> I am seeing in Linux and if I can get the printer firing will probably
> only want to use windoze for banking.
>
> Have a Compaq Celeron 500, 64 meg Ram, 8 gig h/d.
> Thanks,
> Bill
