Re: Printing to parallel port printer
On Sat 29 Sep 2012 at 17:43:12 +0200, Felix Natter wrote:
> I am trying to configure an /dev/lp0-Printer via:
> http://localhost:631/admin
>
> I click on "Add Printer", but then I cannot choose a local printer
> (it just shows:
> Local Printers:
> Discovered Network Printers:
> Other Network Printers:
> Continue
> )
>
> Similar result when using the gnome add printer wizard.
It would be quite amazing if there was not a positive outcome to
lsmod | grep parport
but what do you get as the output of this command?
> I can print without problems by converting ps->ljet4 using ghostscript
> and then doing a "cat x.ljet4 > /dev/lp0".
>
> I am using a freshly-updated Debian wheezy.
The printer should be capable of being set up with lpadmin or from the
web interface, but I guess this is not what the substance of your mail
is about.
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