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On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 14:17 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 12:25 -0600, Michael Sullivan wrote: |
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> > We got a new printer today. It's the same model as our old printer, so it |
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> > should work, right? I followed the Gentoo Printing Guide up to the point |
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> > where one sets up the printer in the CUPS administrative interface. It |
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> > does not offer me a parallel port choice for the device. My kernel is |
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> > built with parallel port support and I have modprobed parport and |
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> > parport_pc: |
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> > |
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> > catherine ~ # lsmod | grep parport |
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> > parport_pc 32868 0 |
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> > parport 26696 1 parport_pc |
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> > |
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> > And dmseg is aware of the printer: |
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> > catherine ~ # dmesg | grep -i print |
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> > parport0: Printer, EPSON Stylus C88 |
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> > But on the CUPS interface, I can choose from |
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> > |
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> > AppSocket/HPJetDirect |
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> > Backend Error Handler |
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> > HP Printer (HPLIP) |
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> > Internet Printing Protocol (http) |
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> > Internet Printing Protocol (ipp) |
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> > LPD/LPR Host or Printer |
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> > SCSI Printer |
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> > Serial Port #1 |
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> > |
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> > but no parallel port. It used to be on there. How can I get it back, or |
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> > is parallel port called something else now? |
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> I didn't have parallel printer character support compiled into the |
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> kernel. It works now, but how do I print from a remote computer? I've |
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> set up the security on the host that has the printer hooked up to it, |
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> but how do I configure remote hosts running Linux so that they know |
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> about it? |
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Maybe I should mention that I'm using gnome: |
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camille ~ # emerge -pv gnome |
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These are the packages that would be merged, in order: |
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Calculating dependencies... done! |
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[ebuild R ] gnome-base/gnome-2.20.3 USE="cdr cups dvdr |
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-accessibility -esd -ldap -mono" 0 kB |
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I did find the Main Menu->System->Preferences->Printers and it detects |
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my printer, but it asks me to put in make and model information even |
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when I select the printer (which is already set up.) and I don't see |
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the model of my printer listed. It's an Epson Stylus C88. Is that |
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called something else in the printers interface? |
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