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.