From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ray Olszewski Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 17:53:28 +0000 Subject: Re: PCI 512 Working and printing problems Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-sound@vger.kernel.org First lesson for a self-proclaimed "really a newbie" -- to get help with problems, you have to describe them in some detail. "But it will not print" isn't very informative; it doesn't even tell us which of the many possible ways of printing you tried. So ... I suspect the last entry on my list below is your answer, but I'm leaving the others in because they give you some step-by-step guidence in how to analyze printer problems under Linux. 1. What is "lp"? It is usually the default entry in /etc/printcap, but what printer does it select and what actual /dev/lp* device does it point to? Is it the right device? 2. If you try to print by directing a text file directly to the device, what happens? You do this with a command something like cat somefile > /dev/lp1 3. If you try to print using lpr, what happens? What error message is returned? I mean a command something like lpr somefile 4. As to drivers, the most authoritative source I know for this information is http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi . I can't find an "HP820" on the list, but there is an HP "Deskjet 820C" listed as working "partially" with Linux, requiring the "pbm2ppa" driver. Since this printer is a PPA printer and the 500 and 600 sries are PCL printers, the drivers you've tried so far are unlikely to be helpful. Consult the above URL for more information. PS - If you can't report your distribution and version of Linux exactly, you should at least mention the kernel version - "uname -a" will give you this and other descriptive information. At the most comprehensive distribution site I know (http://kernelnotes.org/dist-index.html - does anyone have other candidates?), there were no Portugese distributions listed, but there was one Brazilian one called "Conectiva" that is based on Red Hat. Is that what you are using, perhaps? At 10:10 AM 12/8/99 -0200, OHPC wrote [in part]: >My printer, however, won't print anything. I have a HP820, tried to use the >HP 5XX and 6XX drivers, and use the lp port. But it will not print. Can >anybody help me? ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"--- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, CA ray@comarre.com ----------------------------------------------------------------