On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> Subject: Epson Stylus Color 740
> Date: Tue, Mar 23, 1999 at 08:22:17PM -0800
>
> In reply to:Mono
>
> Quoting Mono([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> > I'm having major problems with my printer. Parport detects it at startup
> > and does nothing. I've tried putting it's address in the lilo command
> > line with no luck. It's listed under /proc at port 0 with no information
> > after probing. Is the 700 series simply incompatible with linux?
> >
>
> I don't know about if its compatible or not but there are a few
> changes for 2.2.x. The old lp1 is now lp0 so you have to change that
> in /etc/printcap.
Double check you have the proper kernel support for parallel port
printers as well (I had a week of problems with no response from a printer
that was being detected at startup, then found out that despite my memory
of checking it off, I had not compiled printer support...ooops :) )
"See you on the flip side"
- Steve Walsh (EfNet:#Babylon5:KnaraKat)
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