[OLUG] printer woes

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> 
> i've just compiled and installed kernel v2.2.14 in hope that i would be
> able to share my one parallel port between my zip drive and printer.  i
> ended up killing my printer.  even before i 'insmod ppa', i can't print.

There isn't any special magic involved.  Last I did that I did 'insmod
ppa', and everything just worked.

First question is: are you sure that PPA is the right driver?  
Apparently, there are two drivers available for ZIP drives: one for newer
drives, and one for older drives.  The driver ppa.o is for the older
units.  Try compiling up the other driver; it's ims.o IIRC.

> i have read the docs i can find for printing... printing how-to,
> parport.txt, etc.
> 
> when i attempt to print, the job queues up but i get this in my log:
> 
> Mar 14 18:20:35 lunchbox kernel: lp0 off-line

Is the printer on?  Does it have paper?  I get that message when those
conditions are true.

> the modules lp, parport, and parport_pc are all loaded. if i try to cat a
> file to /dev/lp0, i don't get my cursor back in the term until i hit
> ^c.  and of course, it doesn't print.
> 
> i imagine that you will need more info than i have provided, but i am not
> sure of what to look for yet.  

It sounds like you need to try the other driver.

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Phil Brutsche					pbrutsch at creighton.edu

"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
universe. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein


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