Mandrake 8.0 /printing problem

[Dirk]

I can't get my printer to work though the KUPS seems to be configured. When I click the print button on any app I get zip! When I open PUP and click on query printer settings-> press to query, I'm told " Error; can't open output device" with no forthcoming
explanation.
Where should I head for help? Thanks :confused:

[7]

Hello

First you should check whether you have support in your kernel for your parallel port and printer hardware.

try;
echo jim > /dev/lp0
(try /dev/lp, /dev/lp1) if that says "no such device" then you probably don't. try;
dmesg | grep parport
if you don't get a line saying "parport: blahblahblah" then its most likely that you don't.

As with most problems with Linux, there could be many many possible mis-configurations.

Do you have parallel port/printer support?

[eXtremist]

Something to check is an IRQ conflict. I had a network card that was causing a conflict with my printer port and linux didn't even tell me.

I got my printer working by accident one day when I changed the IRQ on my network card from 9 to 7.

[Dirk]

# echo jim > /dev/lp0
.../root]#"nothing,nada,zip"
# ls -la /dev/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Apr 14 04:06 /dev/lp0
On the other hand if I ;
# ls -la /dev/lp
-rw------- 1 root root 4 Sep 10 08:13 /dev/lp
# dmseg | grep parport
parport0: blah,blah,blah
ditto
ditto
and finally;
lp0: using parport0 [polling]