[OLUG] Printing

[Marc Davis]

Try 

lpr -Plp printthisfile.txt

Should work.  Or you can specify it exactly as

lpr -Plp0 printthisfile.txt




On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Nathan Brown wrote:
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:23:51 -0500
> To: olug at bstc.net
> From: Nathan Brown <tbrown at radiks.net>
> Reply-To: olug at bstc.net
> Subject: Re: [OLUG] Printing
> 
> this is before anyone answered the previous one ....
> I'm not really sure at all what to tell each program to print to.
> Maybe that is my problem
> When addes my printer it seems to be there but when i use it nothing
> eveyrthing wants to print to an lpr but my return tells me it's at lp0
> 
> 
> Nathan Brown wrote:
> 
> > Ok i went to the afore mentioned site and do not know what to download
> > there is an incredible number of files there but i looked at the
> > alternate help and it said this
> >
> >
> > In Red Hat Linux 6.1, there are a few extra steps needed to get a
> > parallel port printer to
> > work. This step is no longer necessary under Red Hat Linux 6.2:
> >
> > Edit your /etc/conf.modules and add:
> >
> >              alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> >
> >
> > Then log in as root and run:
> >
> > modprobe lp
> >
> >
> > When I ran the modprobe lp it took.  Or seemed like it took   But I
> > don't know what it is that it did.
> > My printer still does not work.  Does anyone know what is wrong here ?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > 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://ww
> >> .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.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Marc Davis
> >>         mwdib at home.com                  [general]
> >>         davis at maxX.latesky.net          [personal]
> >>         davis at revelation.unomaha.edu    [work]
> >>
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> 
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Marc Davis
	mwdib at home.com			[general]
	davis at maxX.latesky.net		[personal]
	davis at revelation.unomaha.edu	[work]


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