Re: Printer

[wpmills@Mills-USA.com (W. Paul Mills)]

If there is no hardware port, you will get the message even if
the dev file exists. I would try /dev/lp1 and see if that works.
There have been some kernel changes over the years that affect
how these devices are seen.


sidneybrooks@vtc.net (Sidney Brooks) writes:

> I have already discussed my woes under "Two Problems". I have now changed 
> from magicfilter to apsfilter. When I tried to print the test page, I 
> received the message: /dev/lp0 : no such device. The device /lp0 appears in 
> the /dev directory. It seems that the failure of the system to recognize my 
> printer may be the problem. How do I resolve this?
> It is not the printer connection, for the printer works properly with 
> Windows and worked with an older version of Debian.
> 


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