[linux-help] Re: Printer on Red Hat 6.2

[Lowell <lowell@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bruce Bales wrote:
> 
> I added /lp to /var/spool/lpd/
> On the Mandrake machine, /lp had five or six files, so I copied them and put 
> them into the
> new /lp on the RH box.  One of the files is called "filter" and it points to 
> a number (12)
> of .fpi files in /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/.  To my surprize, the RH box 
> has all of
> them.  They are named "gif-to-pnm.fpi" and other things to pnm and one is 
> "pnm-to-ps.fpi".
> 
> I presume these change all the different formats to pnm and then pnm to 
> postscript.
> 
> I changed printcap back just like the Mandrake box.  See below.
> 
> I think I have the RH box just like the Mandrake, which works with this 
> printer, but I still
> get unknown printer when I try to print.
> 
> How can I determine if printing is enabled in the kernel?
> 
> ##PRINTTOOL3##  LOCAL cdj670 300x300 letter {} DeskJet670 Default 1
>  lp:\
>       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>       :mx#0:\
>       :sh:\
>       :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>       :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> bruce
> 
> Steven Saner wrote:
> 
> > 1. You need to make sure that the directory /var/spool/lpd/lp exists
> >
> > 2. You need to fix the if line to point to the actual filter file that
> >    you want to use, probably if=/home/magic/magic-1.2.orig/filters/cdj670
> >
> > Are you sure that you have printer support in your kernel?


                Could this be another parport problem?



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