[vox-tech] Slackware 10 printing revisited

[wild bill]

On Monday 22 November 2004 10:53, Henry House wrote:
> På måndag, 22 november 2004, skrev wild bill:
> > First of all I would like to thank all who responeded
> > to my original post.  They verified that I was/had been
> > proceeding correctly.
> >
> > I am still unable to print with my HP 4L printer.
> >
> > 	Printer connected to Parallel port
> > 		PC Parallel Port Support section in
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.modules uncommented
> > 		Parallel Printer Support  section in
> > /etc/rc.d/rc.modules uncommented
> >
> > 	Using hpijs driver
> >
> > 	root at OCELOT:/etc/cups# lp0
> > 	bash: lp0: command not found
>
> Hello Bill! It sounds like your paralell port may not be
> working (still). Here are some ways to test it:
>
> - Run 'lsmod' and see the the parport, parport_pc, and lp
> modules are present.
>
	parport is present
		parport_pc and lp are absent

> - Run 'echo hello > /dev/lp0' and see if anything comes
> out of the printer, if lights blink, etc.
>
	no response

> - run 'tail on /var/log/syslog' and see if there are any
> messages about the printer or parallel port there.

	none
>
> I hope this helps!