[OLUG] Printing

[Nathan Brown]

Marc Davis wrote:

> 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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> Marc Davis
>         mwdib at home.com                  [general]
>         davis at maxX.latesky.net          [personal]
>         davis at revelation.unomaha.edu    [work]
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Hmmmmm ... I did not get much mail for 2 days .  now i'm getting it and in
fact i'm getting my copy today of the things I sent out 2 days ago.  Is there
something wrong with the olug system or my mail system ?

Thanks
Nate




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