On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 06:34:01PM -0500, John Domville wrote:
> In the pre-windows, DOS days it was possible to type:
>
> DIR/W > LPT1
By default, installing emc "takes away" all parallel-port devices from
regular linux programs. This reduces the kinds of problems where a
program tries to probe an attached printer and unintentionally causes
the steppers or other attached hardware to do something. Unfortunately,
it makes it difficult to use a true parallel-port printer once you've
installed linux.
If you have a USB printer (either native USB or using a USB adapter),
then it will work normally on ubunutu even after you install emc2. Use
the program System > Administration > Printing to set up these printers.
The normal way to send something to the printer is using the "lpr"
program, and a "|" (pipe) to send to a program instead of a device. The
rough linux equivalent would then be
ls -C | lpr
Jeff
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