On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 04:49, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 11:12:05AM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 04:31:34PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > > ohh! now, the options that lynx localhost:631 gave me never included parallel:/dev/lp0 as option! it included everything else jet direct, ipp, socket and all other stuff but not parallel! > > > > > quite simple for you to access the web interface to add your printer. > > > All the information you need to fill in the forms is given above. > > > > thanx a ton. i will give it a shot right away. hope it works this time! > > and hey, it worked. i could actually print the test page without any > difficulty. > > however, all i can do is print a test page from within lynx > localhost:631. > > when i do echo "SOMETHING" > /de/lp0 either as root or as a non-root > user, nothing happens. > > now, what is this problem? > > thanx a lot > > sandip p deshmukh > ------***-------- > > The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. > -- Marcus Tullius Cicero Sending directly to /dev/lp0 is bypassing CUPS altogether, meaning you don't get the necessary conversion/encoding to get the message out the printer. Try instead: echo "SOMETHING" | lpr -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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