On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:50:22PM -0800, nate wrote: > Sandip P Deshmukh said: > > > i run debian woody 3.0 and i have a good working hp deskjet 710c connected > > to my parellel port. > > > > what kernel modules do i need to load so that i am able to print? > > parport > parport_pc > lp i think i have all thse modules installed. how do i make sure that i have them up and loaded? here is what dmesg has to say: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] parport0: irq 7 detected lp0: using parport0 (polling). > to turn on the IRQ on your parport on 2.4.x its a command > line option to one of the modules(parport_pc i think) > > modprobe parport_pc irq=7 i think irq is already turned on! > your printer(Deskjet 710C) is a winprinter, could be. but if i do echo "SOMETHING" > /dev/lp0, what is happening? as printer doesnt even blink! > research I didn't find much info on it, apparently it is possible > for it to work, the fastest way may be to install the printer > on a Suse, redhat, mandrake or something system let it configure > the printer(if they can) and copy the config over. or you can > google some more ..the printer doesn't appear to accept postscript > or ascii, some special filter has to be run before printing to > convert the data into something the printer understands. no tools available in debian that will do the trick? thanx again sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- I'd rather be led to hell than managed to heavan.
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