[OLUG] Printing

[Nathan Brown]

>

Thanks for the help guys ... I got this printer running in 6.1
It's an HP deskjet 540

I used the info here on this page
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/Printer-Tips/Printer-Tips-5.html
and also the help button in printtool
thanks again,
Nate




> Marc Davis wrote:
>
> > Nathan Brown wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > For some reason the system does not detect my port lp0 I used printtool to set it up.  I
> > > even placed lp0 in the location field and still does not work.
> >
> > > Nate
> >
> > This sounds an awful lot like the well-known problem in 6.1.  You might
> > check out
> > http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/6.1/gotchas-6.1-6.html#ss6.19
> >
> > The basic fix is pretty simple if, for some reason, it's happening in
> > your 6.2.
> > You can tell by looking for the alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc line
> > in /etc/conf.modules  If it's not there, the fix is either to download a
> > package or
> >
> > [Quote]
> >
> > Alternatively, you can add
> > alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> > to your
> > /etc/conf.modules file.
> > Then run /sbin/rmmod lp, and start printtool.
> >
> > [End Quote]
> >
> > This worked for me in 6.1.
> >
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> Thanks,  After further review I have found that I actually have 6.1 not 6.2 as I reported
> earlier so itis probably just as you said.  I will try it and get back to you .
> thanks
> Nate
>
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