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Re: Help with printer



> Hey,
>
> do you have lp support enabled in the kernel (grep
> dmesg for lp0)?  Try doing 'insmod lp' and then
> printing.

I have it as a part of the kernel ("parallel port support" and "PC-style
hardware").  'insmod lp' doesn't work.

>Have you read the printing HOWTO?

Do you mean:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/index.html

I didn't find it to be very helpfull for configurating lpr


>
> Cameron Matheson
>
> --- Vadim Kutsyy <kutsyy@umich.edu> wrote:
> > I finally got my hands to try to fix printer.  I
> > have "Epson Stylus color
> > 440".  Right now it doens't print:
> >
> > debian:~# lpq
> > waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> > Rank   Owner      Job  Files
> >         Total Size
> > 1st    root       715  test
> >         0 bytes
> >
> > Any recomendation were I would start (or a
> > refference to a documatation)?
> >
> > I am running unstable, and my printcap is:
> >
> > lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
> >         :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> >         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> >         :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
> >         :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
> >         :pl#66:\
> >         :pw#80:\
> >         :pc#150:\
> >         :mx#0:\
> >         :sh:
> >
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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