Re: can't print
On Tue, 23 May 2000, Pollywog wrote:
> I have never set up printing in Linux. I just added a printer (Epson
> Stylus Color 740) via parallel port and I have no idea where to begin.
> I installed apsfilter and then magicfilter and apsfilter indicates that
> /dev/lp0 /dev/lp1 etc are not installed, yet I can see they are installed.
>
> The Printing HOWTO is just confusing me more. What do I need to install?
> The printer sits there like a paperweight.
I just found another HOWTO, not the long one, but a short one at:
http://linuxhelp.net/guides/djg/printhowto.phtml
This HOWTO states that printer support should be compiled as a module.
Perhaps this is my problem, I did not have it as a module but in the kernel.
I will try that and follow the other steps in this HOWTO and see if that
helps.
--
Andrew
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