Kelvin Chow wrote:
>
> Dear Debian Users,
>
> I am having trouble with printing. At first, I just couldn't get lpd
> running, but now it has started mysteriously. I managed to "lpr <file>".
[lpq stuff snipped]
>
> Seems like the system constantly thinks that my printer is a network
> printer. It is only connected to a parallel port. I am currently using
> LPRng, potato distribution and 2.2.10 kernel.
Hi Kelvin,
I get the same output from lpq. I also have the same printer. What
exactly is the problem? No output at all, munged output? I had a bear of
a time getting my printer to work under hamm and slink. I received the
advice from someone on this list several month ago to install the
gs-aladdin package to replace the gs package. That solve me problems
with printing garbage back then and that's what I've continued to do
with potato.
Can you print directly to the printer with cat foo > /dev/lp[0,1]?
Did you install the lp module during installation?
Did you run magicfilter config?
hth
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