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Re: what is /dev/??? for the parellel port ? escputil



On Tuesday 04 February 2003 3:27 pm, Dave Selby wrote:
> y printer is an epson stylus C60, using the parellel port.
> As a guess I tried par0
>
> debian:/home/test# escputil --ink-level --raw-device /dev/par0
> Escputil version 4.2.0, Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Robert Krawitz
> Escputil comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type 'escputil -l'
> This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
> under certain conditions; type 'escputil -l' for details.
>
> Cannot read from /dev/par0: Invalid argument
> debian:/home/test#

Try /dev/lp0

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