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Re: CUPS Cannot recognize lp0



On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 18:04:37 -0400, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:

> I am trying to print from Debian and receive the following message:
> "Unable to open device file"/dev/lp0": Permission Denied"
> 
> The permissions for lp0 are 666.

And who is the owner/group of it?

This is what I get under lenny:

sm01@stt008:~$ ls -l /dev/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 jun  3 07:48 /dev/lp0

Also, to check if you are facing a permissions issue, try to send 
something to the printer as root.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón


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