Re: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device'

[David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>]

nate@firetrail.com wrote:

>always the best way to test a printer first, is to bypass any/all
>spoolers and print direct to the port, it works on most printers
>.. just echo "test blah blah" >/dev/lp0 or cat filename >/dev/lp0
>(you probably have to be root to do this)

I get this:

bash: /dev/lp0: No such device

also:

bash: /dev/lp1: No such device
bash: /dev/lp2: No such device
bash: /dev/lp3: No such device

This is a kernel I compiled myself.  I would like to recompile it
if I knew what options to select.

Thank you,
David Densmore <dden@rollanet.org>