On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Chris Aitken wrote:

I tried several and lp0 worked

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Hello world. <ctrl-l> <ctrl-d>

Interesting...printed 'Hello world.'

Great news... you can now "cat anyfilename.txt > /dev/lp0", so it's almost working.

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Then make sure your device is connected in software: # printtool to the lpd daemon.

Not sure wat you mean by "device is connected...to the lpd daemon."

I'm not sure what I meant either 8) In my version of printool, there is a message that says the lpd daemon is connected to the lp1 device. " Printer queues in /etc/printcap lp "local printer on /dev/lp1" " I am unfamiliar with the more recent versions of printtool. Could you append the relevant text onto your next message?

In printtool I choose 'Local' (because 'LPD' option prompts me for a server, which does not apply here), and driver 'hpijs' under the 'hp692c' heading.

I thought you could use 'hp692c' driver, not 'hpijs'?? At this point, you may have to tune the /etc/printcap file by hand. I'll send you mine for a template if you want. It's important to notice that the printtool window is just a GUI interface reflecting the contents of /etc/printcap... -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml