From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from [204.233.198.50] (helo=linserver.complex) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PX6H-0000ut-00 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:58:13 -0500 Received: (from gnowak1@localhost) by linserver.complex (8.11.4/8.10.2) id g0CMvVt00242 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:57:31 -0600 Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:57:31 -0600 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: Finding your printer Message-ID: <20020112165731.A239@uic.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from mweeby@nycap.rr.com on Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 05:07:06PM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.7 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I never printed with linux. However, the lpx devices are your parallel ports. So, lpt1 is /dev/lp0 lpt2 is /dev/lp1 and so on. Hth. Greg On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 05:07:06PM -0500, Dan Murphy wrote: > Hi listers. > I recently connected a printer to my linux box and wanted to see if I > can get it to print. I have looked at the printing-howto and the > printing-usage howto, but I wonder if there's a way to have Linux > check to see if the printer is there? I looked in /dev and I see > /dev/lp0 /dev/lp1 and /dev/lp2, but I don't know what they are for. > I'm running kernel 2.4.5, and when I compiled it I enabled parallel > printer support as well as parallel port support. > In the howto, it mentions /dev/lp, but there isn't one and before I > start tinkering around, I was wondering if anyone has had experience > with this. > thanks. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup