Re: can't print

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

Thanks, I had all of those things installed, so I am stumped.
I am going to try putting printer support in as a module, maybe that will 
help.

--
Andrew


On Tue, 23 May 2000, Jeronimo Pellegrini wrote:
> :: On Tue, 23 May 2000 21:22:25 +0000, Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>
> :: said:
>
> As far as I remember, this is what you need:
>
> 1) A kernel with support to parallel port and printer;
> 2) A spooling software (lpr or lprng);
> 3) A filter, like magicfilter or apsfilter. I tried both, and
>    magicfilter seemed simpler.
>
> Anyway, this is what I did to set up my Stylus 850.
>
> Your parallel port will be /dev/lp0, probably...
>
> There seems to be some alternate driver, ou upp file that you can use
> with ghostscript. There's a link to it in the Printer Compatibility
> Database.
>
> J.
>
> > Status Information:
> >  sending job 'pollywog@lilypad+804' to ascii@localhost
> >  connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
> >  connected to 'localhost'
> >  requesting printer ascii@localhost
> >  error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending str '^Bascii' to ascii@localhost
> >  job 'pollywog@lilypad+804' transfer to ascii@localhost failed