Re: Printing *should* work...
/dev/lp1 for 2.0.x, /dev/lp0 for 2.2.x, right?
On Thu, Sep 09, 1999 at 10:43:47AM -0400, Raymond A. Ingles wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm tying to set up a 486-66MHz, 16MB RAM, 240MB HD, as a
> demonstration for Linux Demo Day this Sunday. I've got it more-or-less
> working for scanning (the world's worst SCSI card in there :-> ) but
> printing is giving me pause. Yes, this is old crappy hardware, but that's
> why it'll be impressive. *If* I can get it working...
>
> I've got magicfilter, lpr, and all the other goodies on there. I've
> checked my dmesg, and the parallel port is at /dev/lp1. I've temporarily
> got an Epson FX-1050 printer hooked up to it. (I've printed with this
> printer in the past. It works.)
>
> So far as I can tell, /etc/printcap is set up correctly. It's using the
> epson9 filter, going to /dev/lp1, the spool directory exists, lpd is
> running, and so forth.
>
> If I try to print (e.g. "lpr somefile.txt"), the job gets queued, but
> nothing else happens. If I run lpq reports things in the right
> queue, and lpstat claims that the daemon is running *and printing*, yet
> so far as I can see, no signals go to the printer.
>
> Just for the heck of it, I set up a remote printcap entry, following the
> Printing-HOWTO, and sent it to my main machine across the network. Same
> thing; no errors, but no printout.
>
> What the heck is going on? Anything I should try? (I haven't actually
> done a "cat somefile.txt > /dev/lp1" yet, 'cause I didn't think of it
> until later. I'll certainly try it tonight.)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 ray.ingles@fanucrobotics.com
>
> "Destruction is *easy*. People do it all the time by accident.
> If you think you're so cool, try *improving* something."
> - Me
>
>
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