From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "S. Barret Dolph" Subject: Re: Printing Date: 06 Apr 2003 23:32:26 +0800 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <1049643149.16033.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20030401085644.01e9c520@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.1.20030401085644.01e9c520@celine> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org" 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.) > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs