[linux-help] Re: New ?PS? Printer

[J Lancaste <pantherace13@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- "Benjamin F.Bunck" <bbunck@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have you had a working parport printer on this computer
> before?  I had similar
> problems with the parport on my MS-5169 under RHL 6.1. 
> The solution was to
> download the latest modutils RPM, which took care of
> everything.
> 
> hope it helps
> 
> Ben
> 

I have had one working, but I am not sure if it was before
or after I had to wipe the HD and start over. (I think it
was before.) 
Thanks for the help. Hope it works

James

> 
> On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > Hi, I got a Lexmark 4039 10plus Lazerprinter yesterday.
> It seems to claim PS 2. I set it up as that, RH's
> Printtool. It did not work. I tried other configurations
> with printtool, then decided it was not the problem.
> > Restarting lpd several times.
> > 
> > I tried as root
> > cat /home/james/test | /dev/lp0
> > for several files, and got no response, from the
> printer.
> > 
> > I cated all of the files in /proc/parport/0/ and found
> they did not have an irq or dma.
> > 
> > I had lp, parport (_pc, _probe) modules loaded
> > 
> > I have MS-5184 MB 350MHz K6-2 32MB RAM RH 6.1, and the
> parport is on the motherboard.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > James
> 
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