Re: Printing

["S. Barret Dolph" <wheds8@ms66.hinet.net>]

My apologies for incomplete answers. I am trying to figure how to find
the answers to your questions.
> 
> 1. How is your printer physically connected to the system? (parport, 
> serial, USB, network?) If it is a parport printer, do you have all the 
> right modules installed? 

The printer is connected by a cable to the computer but it is not USB.
> 
> 2. Which lpd daemon does Mandrake 9 use?
I don't know but will look this up.
> 
> 3. What printer is it? Does the Linux printer site (I've misplaced the URL, 
> so you'll need to search for it) report anything special about it and Linux?

HP Laserjet 1100 but there is nothing special listed on the Linux
printer site about the printer.
> 
> 4. What does its entry in /etc/printcap look like?

# This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
# /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
# will be lost.
Printer:
> 
> 5. How are you trying to print under Linux? (What apps are you printing from?)

Gnome Ximian Evolution, KWord, Kspread, Mozilla. 
> 
> 6. What happens if you try to dump a file directly to the printer? (How you 
> do this depends on the answer to Q1, but an example would be: "cat 
> /etc/passwd >/dev/lp0").

Don't understand but I am checking on this.
> 
> 7. Assuming you are using a typical lpd daemon, what do these result in?
> 
>          A. lpr -pdefault /etc/passwd
>          B. lpq
> 
> (Change "default" if the printer use a different printcap entry.)
Checking this out. (Ie. Don't understand.)
> 
> 8. Did this printer work under any other version fo Linux, or is this your 
> first try using it with a Linux system? If the first, please provide details.

Worked ok under an older version of Mandrake.

> 
> 9. Does your general description of the problem conceal any pattern you've 
> seen? For example, after a boot/init, the first attempt to print works but 
> not later ones? Or power-cycling the printer causes printing temporarily to 
> resume? Or ... ???

I still can't find a pattern. I haven't been able to figure out when the
printing finally comes. 
> 
> (BTW, there is nothing special about /etc/passwd except that it is a file 
> that I know must be present on your system. Feel free to substitute any 
> plain-text file that you prefer.)
> 
> 
> 
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