Re: Printing to parallel port printer

[Felix Natter <fnatter@gmx.net>]

Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes:

> On Sat 29 Sep 2012 at 17:43:12 +0200, Felix Natter wrote:

hi Brian,

>> 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?

parport_pc             22036  1 
parport                31254  3 parport_pc,lp,ppdev
  
>> 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.

Yes, I have previously set up the same printer and it worked this way
:-(

Maybe something in the kernel changed so that I need to load another
module?

Thanks,
-- 
Felix Natter