Re: Printing on Ultra1. The never ending story.

["F. Kappen" <kappen@tfh-berlin.de>]

"F. Kappen" wrote:

> Hi netters,
>
> I want to use my Ultra1 (sarge, kernel 2.4.27-2) as a print server.  As
> the parallel port of the Ultra1 is not working for Debian Linux, its
> serial port was my last resort. After configuring the serial interfaces
> of the printer  (HP-LaserJet4P), setting up the serial interface of the
> Ultra1 and adjusting the PPD-file for the printer, I am now able to get
> printouts with
>
> foomatic-rip -v --ppd
> /etc/foomatic/direct/mein_HP-LaserJet_Plus-ljetplus.ppd -o testprn
> .bashrc
>
> Next, I want to use CUPS as spooler for my tasks. But when I tried to
> add my printer to the spooling system, I noticed, that there is no
> serial device in my debian-cups-distribution.
>
>  ultra1;# lpinfo -v
> network socket
> network http
> network ipp
> network lpd
> direct canon:/dev/lp0
> direct epson:/dev/lp0
> direct parallel:/dev/lp0
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp0
>                 .
>                 .
> direct usb:/dev/usb/lp15
>
> Does this mean, that I can not use CUPS for my intended purpose? Or is
> there a workaround for this problem?

Thanks to Dieter Jurzitza.

I followed his advice:

mv /dev/lp0 /dev/lp0_org
ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/lp0

and it works. Great!

Cheers
Friedhelm