Yo Bill set printer port to ECP (extended capabilities) ok in bios. I have the same kind of printer and it printed that test page fine, but you should stop it when it starts printing a waste of ink. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Barto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 1:57 PM Subject: [newbie] HP Deskjet 612C setup ? > I set up this printer originally during install and it didn't work. I have since set it > up about 20 times(deleting it first) and I always get the same message. > > "dev/lp0 unable to open parallel port device file: no such device" > > Can someone tell me what that means and what I am doing wrong. > > Running(?) version 7.2/ using Recommended install. > > I believe it is running thru CUPS, but I have tried to install it also with Drakconf. > > During setups it will not print test page. > > BIOS is set for bi-directional(so at least Win98 will print). > >
