Re: Using LP as LP

On Tuesday 29 October 2002 03:29 am, DSC Siltec wrote: > Hi -- > > I have a line printer, set up as a line printer on COM Parallel port > 1. > The printer is an HP DJ1120c, which can interpret plain text as > plain text and print it out. Is there a way to easily send the text to > the prin

Re: Using LP as LP

Yes. Simply copy the plain text to your printer port entry in /dev. The standard Parallel port (first) is /dev/lp0 Make sure you have the right modules installed (lp, if I remember it correctly). Some printers need an EOF sent to the printer to start printing. Hope this helps! DSC Siltec wrote:

Using LP as LP

Hi -- I have a line printer, set up as a line printer on COM Parallel port 1. The printer is an HP DJ1120c, which can interpret plain text as plain text and print it out. Is there a way to easily send the text to the printer? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subj