From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 66-109-36-44.ip.termserv.net ([66.109.36.44] helo=mhonline.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16PWTA-0003zm-00 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:17:44 -0500 Received: (qmail 17538 invoked from network); 12 Jan 2002 22:17:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hudson.mhonline.net) ([209.23.38.179]) (envelope-sender ) by smtp.mhonline.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 12 Jan 2002 22:17:17 -0000 Received: from localhost (chuckh@localhost) by hudson.mhonline.net (8.11.4/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g0CMHCJ01088 for ; Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:17:12 -0500 Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 17:17:12 -0500 (EST) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: Speakup mailing list Subject: Re: Finding your printer In-Reply-To: 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: Dan - Check out the command 'lpr' - just give it a filename and away you go. Caution - you may need to be sure your end-of-line characters are crlf instead of just lf. If you do "lpr filename" and get everything printed on top of itself, do this: "cat filename | todos | lpr". HTH - Chuck On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, 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 > *<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>*<<<=-=>>>* Visit me at http://www.mhonline.net/~chuckh The Moon is New