From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailout5-0.nyroc.rr.com ([24.92.226.122] helo=mailout5.nyroc.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PWJ7-0003Tl-00 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:07:21 -0500 Received: from alb-66-66-234-169.nycap.rr.com (alb-66-66-234-169.nycap.rr.com [66.66.234.169]) by mailout5.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with ESMTP id g0CM7Lq11999 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:07:21 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:07:06 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Murphy To: Speakup mailing list Subject: Finding your printer Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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: 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.