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From: Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now]
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:18:19
Message-Id: 1204921077.11170.26.camel@camille.espersunited.com
1 On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote:
2 > We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it
3 > should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point
4 > where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It
5 > does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is
6 > built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and
7 > parport_pc:
8 >
9 > catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport
10 > parport_pc 32868 0
11 > parport 26696 1 parport_pc
12 >
13 > And dmseg is aware of the printer:
14 >
15 > catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print
16 > parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88
17 >
18 > But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from
19 >
20 > AppSocket/HPJetDirect
21 > Backend Error Handler
22 > HP Printer (HPLIP)
23 > Internet Printing Protocol (http)
24 > Internet Printing Protocol (ipp)
25 > LPD/LPR Host or Printer
26 > SCSI Printer
27 > Serial Port #1
28 >
29 > but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or
30 > is parallel port called something else now?
31 >
32 >
33
34 I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the
35 kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've
36 set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it,
37 but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know
38 about it?
39
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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: CUPS: Need help setting up my parallel port printer [SOLVED, but new problem now] Michael Sullivan <michael@××××××××××××.com>