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On Feb 1, 2008 2:26 AM, Dale <dalek1967@×××××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Dave Jones wrote: |
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> > Hi Kevin |
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> > |
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> > Kevin O'Gorman wrote on 27/01/08 19:58: |
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> >> I've installed cups and hplip. I cannot follow the Gentoo printing |
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> >> guide, because that worthy document requires me to add hplip to the |
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> >> default runlevel, but hplip does not put anything in /etc/init.d. My |
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> >> printer is an old HP Laserjet 4M, which I usually run as a Postscrpt |
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> >> printer. |
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> >> What have I missed? |
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> >> |
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> > Run hp-setup |
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> > You'll probably need to rework your cups config files if you've retained |
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> > them from the broken install. hp-setup should enable local printing OK. |
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> > /etc/init.d/hplip is no longer necessary with recent hplip ebuilds. |
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> > Cheers, Dave |
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> > |
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> And if it still gives you problems, delete /etc/cups then reemerge |
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> cups. I had to do that last part too. |
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> Dale |
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The problem is that my printer is on the LPT port (/dev/lp0), and hp-setup |
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not find it. In fact it has an option for LPT printers, but it is greyed |
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out. |
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The printer is really there: I can print by "cat printme >/dev/lp0" with a |
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suitably formed "printme" file (lines need CR, file ends with ^L^D). |
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++ kevin |
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Kevin O'Gorman, PhD |
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