Re: Printing from new PC without LPT/Serial port to Dot Matrix Printer on Smb Share

2011-10-03 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 10/03/2011 03:11 PM, Sanjay Arora wrote: > > lp would print a file to the named printer. How do I print or redirect the > console output to the printer as is the case in "ls -lha > prn" > > And moreover a legacy program is printing to a device lpt1, had the port > existed & been connected/redi

Re: Printing from new PC without LPT/Serial port to Dot Matrix Printer on Smb Share

2011-10-03 Thread Sanjay Arora
Tim On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Tim Waugh wrote: > > To print from the command line, use the lp command. > > Tim. > */ > lp would print a file to the named printer. How do I print or redirect the console output to the printer as is the case in "ls -lha > prn" And moreover a legacy program

Re: Printing from new PC without LPT/Serial port to Dot Matrix Printer on Smb Share

2011-10-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 18:00 +0530, Sanjay Arora wrote: > But it still does not print from CLI applications printing to the > printer port (In my case, from ls -lha >prn or Harbour compiled legacy > dbase applications). The output of ls -lha > prn does not land in the > print queue, even if this pr

Re: Printing from new PC without LPT/Serial port to Dot Matrix Printer on Smb Share

2011-10-03 Thread Sanjay Arora
Tim On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:27 PM, Tim Waugh wrote: > First of all, what are you using to set up the printer? "Printers GUI" > could refer to several different things... > > I am using system-config-printerSelected Windows Printer via SAMBA, keyed in the widows samba printer uri, keyed in

Re: Printing from new PC without LPT/Serial port to Dot Matrix Printer on Smb Share

2011-10-03 Thread Tim Waugh
On Mon, 2011-10-03 at 14:34 +0530, Sanjay Arora wrote: > While I can create the SMB printer from the Printers GUI screen, it > does not get enabled or even print a test page. I think the issue is > that the software prints to a device that does not exist. I think I > need to create a device file &

Printing from new PC without LPT/Serial port to Dot Matrix Printer on Smb Share

2011-10-03 Thread Sanjay Arora
Hello all I am trying to cnfigure LPD/LPR or any other raw printing method (non-cups) to print from a Fedora 15 machine that does not have a serial or parallel port. While I can create the SMB printer from the Printers GUI screen, it does not get enabled or even print a test page. I think the iss