Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know about it? Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome: camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 USE=cdr cups dvdr -accessibility -esd -ldap -mono 0 kB I did find the Main Menu-System-Preferences-Printers and it detects my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even when I select the printer (which is already set up.) and I don't see the model of my printer listed. It's an Epson Stylus C88. Is that called something else in the printers interface? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now] [SOLVED]
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:26 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know about it? Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome: camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies... done! [ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 USE=cdr cups dvdr -accessibility -esd -ldap -mono 0 kB I did find the Main Menu-System-Preferences-Printers and it detects my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even when I select the printer (which is already set up.) and I don't see the model of my printer listed. It's an Epson Stylus C88. Is that called something else in the printers interface? Nevermind. It was right there in the guide... -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and parport_pc: catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport parport_pc 32868 0 parport26696 1 parport_pc And dmseg is aware of the printer: catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from AppSocket/HPJetDirect Backend Error Handler HP Printer (HPLIP) Internet Printing Protocol (http) Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) LPD/LPR Host or Printer SCSI Printer Serial Port #1 but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or is parallel port called something else now? I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know about it? -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
