Hello Everybody oh this list.
I have some pretty basic questions, but I think you will forgive me for that.
I have a HP Deskjet 820 Cxi, that I learned was made to use Window$, but
after some digging up in search engines I found it will work in Linux,
using a pbm2ppa driver.
I use Conectiva Linux 4.0, that seems to be based in RedHat 6.0.
When I installed, it recognized "something" connected to the lp0 port.
Problem is: I have a Iomega Zip drive, and didn't configure it yet to work
under Linux, that is the reason I say the install recognizes "something",
since I am not sure about what it recognizes. The Zip drive is a paralel
port, that I understand uses a scsi/lpt adapter.
I also read some information about the printer being able to use a
Ghostscript driver, but I didn't find any GS driver in the control-panel of X.
Any tips? Should I first install the Zip, then try to use another driver?
Even when I try to use a text-only printer under Corel WP8 or another
word-processor it won't print, and it won't say anything.
Another question: I would like to use my HP 8100 CD-RW under Linux.
I read the CD-Writing how-to, and it mentioned I had to install SCSI
support, in order for Linux to recognize my CD-R drive (IDE, internal) as
if it were a SCSI device. How do I do that? I would prefer to use SCSI
support as a module, and I didn't install it the first time. I would not be
at ease recompiling the kernel, and I don't think that would be necessary.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Otto Pintiaski
PS: pardon me, if I didn't provide enough information, but as a newbie I
would not know in advance what information I should provide, so I refrained
from posting a much longer message.
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