On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 19:10, Charles Radding wrote: > Print spoolers (I have tried CUPS and now lprng) cannot find my parallel > port. It's there; Windows knows about it; the kernel detects it, whether the > parallel port is built in or a module, whether the kernel is 2.2.18 or 2.4.2; > e.g. from dmesg > > parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP] > > But no luck on actually communicating through it with the printer. In linux, > that is; Windows has no trouble.
Is the lp module (lp.o) installed? If so, does /etc/printcap reference it properly (lp=/dev/lp0 on my system)? Luck, Pann -- geek by nature, Linux by choice L I N U X .~. The Choice /V\ http://www.ourmanpann.com/linux/ of a GNU /( )\ Generation ^^-^^