HP Deskjet 842c, /dev/lpx problem

[Bill Maltby LFS Related]

On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Justin wrote:

> Okay, here's the latest...
> 
> I apparently -didnt- have parport_pc added into the kernel  (module or 
> otherwise) so after adding that, if I modprobe it, the printer is detected...  
> So, I was right about that just for the wrong reasons... Anywho, the fun 
> doesnt stop there =(
> 
> I installed CUPS but cannot for the life of me get anything to print from KDE, 
> like from Kate or something...  the job is sent into the queue, I dont get 
> any errors, but they just sit there! I can only remove them...
> 
> I *can* do something like:  echo Boo!! > /dev/lp0 and it prints it out!! So I 
> know the printer is working and that linux can see and talk with it...  

I don't know the answer, but I have seen a lot of KDE/print related
threads over the last couple of months. Use the LFS search and I thnk
you'll see some help there.

But I also wanted to mention, that, IIRC, lpd might need some
configuration? Once something is spooled to it, it needs to try
to write the correct device. If it does this, then the printer
should work just like when you "echo Boo! > /dev/lp0". The fact
that it doesn't behave that way makes me think it is an lpd
configuration issue.

Unfortunately, I don't have the 2.4.18 lp related docs installed
anywhere yet, so I can't pass on specifics.

HTH

> -Justin
> -- 

Bill Maltby
billm at wlmcs.com


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