Re: Missing parallel port

[Pann McCuaig <pann@ourmanpann.com>]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 19:10, Charles Radding wrote:
> Print spoolers (I have tried CUPS and now lprng) cannot find my parallel 
> port. It's there; Windows knows about it; the kernel detects it, whether the 
> parallel port is built in or a module, whether the kernel is 2.2.18 or 2.4.2; 
> e.g. from dmesg
> 
> 	parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP]
> 
> But no luck on actually communicating through it with the printer. In linux, 
> that is; Windows has no trouble.

Is the lp module (lp.o) installed? If so, does /etc/printcap reference
it properly (lp=/dev/lp0 on my system)?

Luck,
Pann
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