This one time, at band camp, Sandip P Deshmukh said: > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 11:50:22PM -0800, nate wrote: > 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: /sbin/lsmod > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP] > parport0: irq 7 detected > lp0: using parport0 (polling). Good, that's as it should be, although if all is working well, you should also get a printer identification in there, like this: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,EPP] parport0: Printer, Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 1600C parport_pc: Via 686A parallel port: io=0x378 lp0: using parport0 (polling). it looks like maybe parport_pc isn't loaded for you. > > 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! I had a 712C (IIRC) working just fine, which uses the same driver. Have you tried using the ppd generated by linuxprinting.org? This link: http://www.linuxprinting.org/ppd-o-matic.cgi?driver=pnm2ppa&printer=61472&.submit=Generate+PPD+file is the one for CUPS. They also report that this printer works 'perfectly' so don't despair yet (^: > no tools available in debian that will do the trick? So, first check if parport_pc is loaded, and if not, load it with modconf - that way it will load at boot each time. If that doesn't get things going, try the ppd generated by linuxprinting.org, at the link above. > thanx again > > sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- HTH, -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Stephen Gran | Ad astra per aspera. [To the stars by | |steve@lobefin.net | aspiration.] | |http://www.lobefin.net/~steve | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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