On Wed, 1 May 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1. Attached the printer, executed LPD daemon
> and then run "printtool" under Red Hat 6.2

> If I investigate the spool directory I get quite a number
> of files:
> 
> cfA000elvis  cfA004elvis  cfA008elvis  dfA001elvis  dfA005elvis 
> 
> Not sure if I've selected the right filter under the Printtool,
> I went with a suggestion from another HP user on a Linux
> printing related Web site.

> Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Carl

It looks like the jobs are being spooled but not making it to the printer.

Suggestion: Redhat 6 doesn't seem to load the parallel port drivers by
default.

do 'modprobe lp' as root, then restart the printer daemon. If a whole lot
of stuff starts printing (all those spooled files) Then add that command
to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local

'lsmod' lists the currently loaded driver modules. I think that parport_pc
will not be in that list.

As always if you need to run something as root: If you're not familiar
with modules or modprobe, then read up on them before running the command.
They're not dangerous commands, but it's a good idea anyway.

(i.e. I'm a stranger, don't blindly trust what I say. :)

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