Crossfire was once rumoured to have said: > ben_donohue was once rumoured to have said: > > Ah, well, hope i don't get flamed for this on a Linux list but... > > > > Back in my DOS days i'd do a... > > dir>lpt1: > > which would do a directory listing to the printer. So it's a lower down test > > than an application printing. > > > > maybe there is a Linux equiv. like... > > ls>/dev/lp0 or something from the console and not from an application? > > Something i'd like to know anyway. > > If you have lpr/lpd configured correctly, > > ls | lpr > > should work.
Should have read back in the thread. You can try pumping output raw to /dev/lp[012], or /dev/usb/lp0, or whatever your printer is connected as - I certainly don't recommend it however since various modern printers don't support raw-ascii printing. Also, check dmesg to see if you're getting printer port error messages there - they can also provide insight into whats going wrong. C. -- --==============================================-- Crossfire | This email was brought to you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% Recycled Electrons --==============================================-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
