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Re: Cannot find /dev/parport0



On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:04 AM, Account for Debian group mail
<debian@pcez.com> wrote:
> In the /etc/printcap file I have:
>
> lp|Our Printer:\
>        :lp=/dev/parport0:\
>        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\

I don't think the printer was ever actually called parport0 in dev.
Was it that way in Sarge? I never ran sarge. I haven't been using
parallel ports for anything for a while, but try using /dev/lp0
instead. That should be the right device for parallel printers.


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